"What are you doing standing there? Why don't you come over?"
Wang Qing's voice was filled with doubts, but his tone was as usual.
Hearing this inquiry, Xie Xiaoyu withdrew his gaze and stopped staring at the bag of garbage.
"Let's go."
Wang Qing raised his chin towards the road ahead, signaling Xie Xiaoyu to move forward.
Xie Xiaoyu nodded slightly, calmed down his emotions, and continued walking along the street with Wang Qing.
Xie Xiaoyu kept walking, but his mind was still stuck on the phone call he just answered.
She recalled what she had heard on the phone.
Who is that girl?
Who is that man?
What is their relationship to this street?
Also, what does the "thank you" that the girl said to her at the end mean?
Is the girl thankful for something?
Xie Xiaoyu thought about it, and before he knew it, he had walked a certain distance on the road.
Until, from behind, Wang Qing asked: "Did you hear something after taking that phone call for so long just now?"
Xie Xiaoyu suddenly came to his senses and realized that he was already walking in front of Wang Qing.
Xie Xiaoyu was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously wanted to turn his head to look.
But immediately, what the female ghost said to her before flashed in her mind.
Rule 11, [At any time, never look back. 】
Xie Xiaoyu didn't look back and looked forward. The street was pale under the street lights.
In contrast, the surrounding darkness was dark.
The sky was dark, without stars or moon.
It was like a huge, black velvet covering the entire street.
And she was the prey covered under this piece of flannel, and she might be devoured by the hunters hiding around her at any time.
She heard Wang Qing's voice behind her again.
With a bit of confusion, "Why don't you speak?"
"I..." Xie Xiaoyu hesitated.
She looked down at the shadow on the ground again.
Because of the angle of the light, Wang Qing's shadow was illuminated by the street lamp behind him and cast forward.
Xie Xiaoyu could see it when he squinted his eyes.
The shadow seemed to wander in a strange posture for a while before returning to normal.
Xie Xiaoyu felt a chill in his heart.
At this time, she couldn't look back, and naturally she didn't know what Wang Qing looked like behind her.
She pursed her lips and tried to make her voice sound smooth and normal.
He randomly found an excuse and excused himself: "It's nothing. The voice on the phone was vague. I could only vaguely hear a few words, like an advertisement."
Behind him, Wang Qing's voice sounded very natural, "Oh, it's advertising."
Then, he stopped talking.
Xie Xiaoyu stared at the ground nervously, watching Wang Qing's shadow for a moment.
I want to see clearly whether there will be any changes in Wang Qing's shadow.
Maybe the sudden movement of the shadow before was just her illusion?
but,
As the street light behind me got farther and farther away.
Get closer and closer to the streetlight ahead.
Under the influence of changes in the light source, the shadow falling in front becomes lighter and lighter.
Both her and Wang Qing's shadows were illuminated behind them.
From Xie Xiaoyu's perspective, Wang Qing's shadow could no longer be seen.
what to do?
Although his feet kept walking at the same speed as before, Xie Xiaoyu's heart was already in turmoil.
Should we stop and let Wang Qing catch up behind us?
Whether Wang Qing is walking in front or on the same level as Wang Qing, it will be easier to observe Wang Qing's shadow than now.
However, Xie Xiaoyu immediately rejected this idea.
She didn't dare to let the thing behind her catch up.
What if the thing behind you is not a person?
If caught by it, would something extremely terrible happen?
Xie Xiaoyu could only keep walking and keep walking forward.
The people behind her also maintained the same pace as before, always keeping a little distance from her.
For a moment, Xie Xiaoyu didn't know whether to be grateful or afraid.
Gradually, she finally walked under the streetlight in front of her.
Go over the street lights.
Xie Xiaoyu looked down at the ground as he walked forward.
While she was waiting, Wang Qing, who was not far behind her, also walked past the street lamp.
As long as Wang Qing walked past the street lamp and the light source came from behind, she could see Wang Qing's shadow again.
But I just passed the street light.
Xie Xiaoyu heard the footsteps behind him suddenly speeding up.
That thing is approaching her!
Xie Xiaoyu panicked and quickened his pace.
He wanted to keep a certain safe distance from the guy chasing behind him.
Finally, Xie Xiaoyu saw the shadow on the ground again.
The shape of the shadow changed, as if it was reaching out in her direction, ready to catch her.
Xie Xiaoyu broke into a cold sweat.
Immediately afterwards, she saw the shadow twisting and curling up, becoming less and less like a person.
Xie Xiaoyu didn't dare to hesitate any longer. Her heart skipped a beat, she threw her arms away and ran quickly forward!
Leave that thing far behind you!
The sound of wind passed by her ears, and she seemed to hear Wang Qing's voice saying something.
However, Xie Xiaoyu had no time to take care of it.
Just run hard along the street!
He ran and ran until Xie Xiaoyu finally couldn't run anymore.
My legs felt as if they were filled with lead.
My heart was also pounding, and my chest was swollen and painful.
With every breath he took, his throat felt as if it had been cut open by a knife, and the pain continued.
Xie Xiaoyu finally slowly stopped.
She gasped and listened to the movement behind her.
Great, that thing didn't catch up.
Xie Xiaoyu raised his head and looked around, only to realize that fog had started to form around him.
The fog was really heavy and it was dark, so the visibility was less than one meter.
Xie Xiaoyu couldn't see clearly the street in front of him, he could only vaguely see the light of street lamps seeping out of the thick fog.
Xie Xiaoyu walked forward cautiously while breathing calmly.
However, immersed in the joy of surviving the disaster, she did not notice that the shadow she fell on the ground had an extremely subtle change.
