I had no idea when such a big wooden box was moved to the entrance of the courtyard. The place I chose was very secluded, and there weren’t many houses in the alley. It was basically dead quiet after nightfall. I looked through the crack in the door for a long time.
I want to observe the situation in more detail.
This wooden box is nailed together with palm-wide wooden boards. It is about two meters long and one and a half meters high. There is a gap of four to five centimeters between the wooden boards because there is a courtyard door across the door, and it is through the door crack.
I was observing inside, and due to the light, I couldn't see very clearly, but I could vaguely feel that there were other things inside the wooden box.
What is it? It needs such a big wooden box to load it?
I was very nervous at first, but then I thought about it. If the person who sent the box had other intentions, they would not use this method. In an instant, I understood that their purpose was to let me receive the box.
, or in other words, let me receive the contents of the box.
Thinking of this, I realized that the crisis was not in front of me. I opened the courtyard door. There was no one in the alley, only the street lamp not far away was emitting a dim light. When I walked to the box, my eyes
It became much clearer. Through the gap in the wooden box, I saw a smaller long cardboard box inside.
It was strange to be guarding a big box here in the middle of the night. If passersby passed by, it would definitely attract their attention. So I calmed down and started trying to drag the box towards the yard. The box was big, but not as big as I imagined.
It was so heavy, and the person who delivered the "goods" was very considerate. In case I couldn't move the box, four pulleys were installed at the bottom of the wooden box.
I dragged the box into the yard and closed the door. The top of the box was not nailed tightly, so I could pry it open with a small crowbar. Now I could see more clearly. Inside the box was a large, long, long box.
The carton has many holes as thick as a finger.
While I was dismantling the wooden box, the large long cardboard box suddenly moved. It startled me, and I took two steps back like a reflex. A stationary object suddenly moved, and I was blinded by it.
The reason can only mean that there is an external force driving it.
I couldn't be blinded. As I was holding the small crowbar and retreating, the carton moved again. My alertness suddenly soared, but the carton moved so gently. I couldn't hear any sound, and there was no obvious danger.
breath.
I replaced the crowbar in my hand with a dagger. The seal of the carton was sealed by several layers of plastic stickers. I used the dagger to cut the seal open and make a slight crack, and the contents inside suddenly came into view.
Involuntarily, my heart twitched. Inside the carton was a person, wrapped tightly in a half-meter-wide cloth, like a mummy. Her mouth was sealed and she could not make a sound, but she was conscious.
Those eyes were full of fear.
Peixin! It’s Peixin!
I opened the carton cover completely at once, and my mind was instantly confused. Why was Peixin here? She had already returned to Suzhou, how could she appear at this time and place? I quickly took her out, and when she saw me
At that moment, the fear in her eyes faded away, and tears burst into her eyes.
"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid..." I hurriedly carried her back to the house and untied the layers of cloth tightly wrapped around her body. The moment she was freed, Peixin burst into tears.
He suddenly jumped into my arms.
"Don't be afraid, I'm here." Just like I had done with her many times in the past, I touched her hair to keep her quiet. I didn't need anyone to tell me, but I already understood that Peixin's appearance was arranged by someone.
"Northern..." Peixin was crying like a mess and couldn't stop. Her character was still just that of a little girl, so I stopped trying to persuade her and let her cry. The grievances and pain in her heart must be overcome sometimes.
You need to vent it out in this way. When the venting is over, she will be quiet, and then you can ask her about the specific situation.
Just as I imagined, after crying for almost ten minutes, Peixin seemed tired and leaned against me limply. I put her on the sofa and wanted to pour her a glass of hot water.
"Don't go, don't..." She grabbed me and refused to let go: "I'm very scared, very scared..."
"I'm right here, I'm not going anywhere, I'm here with you, I'm here, don't be afraid." I comforted her softly, but my eyes gradually became colder.
Who brought Peixin here?
The figures of Lao An and the others immediately appeared in my mind. The last time they refused to participate in the event, they had already violated the rules of the circle. Su Xiaomeng and Fan Tuan did not tell me the consequences of violating the rules at the time, but a tight organization
Groups with strong discipline, even civil groups, must have strict disciplinary measures.
Is this really what Lao An and the others did? If it is really them, it means that they have clearly understood my family background. But I still have some doubts about whether Lao An and the others, who are running for bronze, have such a big fortune.
The energy? Can you completely understand a person’s situation in a short period of time?
However, they put Peixin at the gate of the hospital just to let me know that they have the ability to send anyone to wherever he needs to go at any time and by any imaginable means.
I feel disgusted and quite disgusted with this kind of coercion.
While I was thinking about it, I kept comforting Peixin. Peixin's mood was very unstable. I thought she must have been taken away without any mental preparation and was severely frightened. But she and I were very close.
Familiar, with my comfort, she gradually got better, but refused to eat and wouldn't let me take a step away.
"Are you sleepy? It doesn't matter." I smiled and said to her: "If you are sleepy, just have a good sleep. When you get up tomorrow, nothing will happen."
"Northern, I'm scared, really scared..." Peixin said and started to cry again.
When she said this, I also realized that this yard is not safe. Even if no one makes a sudden attack and threatens our lives, at least we are under constant surveillance. Maybe I can get the box back.
This scene was watched by the other party who was hiding in secret. I considered whether I should pack my things immediately and take Peixin to a safer place.
"If you're afraid, let's leave here and go where you want to go." I said, "Be good and you'll be fine."
"No, Beifang, don't go. You don't want to go, and I don't want to go either." Peixin stopped crying, looked at me with tearful eyes, and said, "There are some things I want to say to you."
"Huh?" I suddenly realized that something was wrong with Peixin. Based on my understanding of her, if she was forcibly kidnapped from thousands of miles away and stuffed in a box for so long, she might have almost collapsed. However, I felt
Although she is nervous now, her thinking is very clear.
"If there is anything, I must say it, I must say it..." Peixin said, still wanting to cry, but she held it back several times. She took a deep breath and let it go.
The tone can be clearer and calmer.
"Okay, tell me, I'm listening."
"North...everyone has to do something they don't want to do when they are alive, just like death. Everyone is afraid of it, but when death is really coming, who can stop it." Pei Pei
Xin sobbed softly and said, "If you want to live, you have to bear it."
I didn't answer, but I narrowed my eyes. The person in front of me must be Pei Xin, which I was absolutely sure to identify. However, she made me feel a little strange, because this was not like her character. There was no female character.
Children will say some such words after being severely frightened, and Peixin will not.
"If one day, we want to reach a destination, but there is a road in front of us that you can't see clearly. No one can guarantee where we will lead if we follow this road. Maybe it is the right road.
, Maybe, it is a wrong road. If you walk on this road for one year or ten years, you may reach the end, or you may keep walking on the wrong path." Peixin looked at me with tears in his eyes and said:
"North, if it were you, what would you do? Wander at the intersection, or walk down?"
I really didn't know how to talk to Peixin. Behind the strangeness was an indescribable horror.
"Tell me, Beifang, what would you do?" Peixin saw that I was silent, grabbed my hand and shook it vigorously, urging me to answer.
"I have no idea."
"You have to know, you have to know..." Peixin couldn't help crying softly, and said: "You have to go on, because only by going on can you hope to reach the end. If you have been wandering
, then you will stay at the original point for the rest of your life..."
"Pei Xin." I held her shoulders, looked into her eyes, and said, "Tell me, what's going on?"
Some people say that women are more tolerant than men, but Peixin is just a girl who doesn’t have much experience and likes Luffy and Kawaii. She may be carrying a psychological burden that I don’t know about. When I hold her shoulders
When she was crying, she cried loudly again and buried her head in my arms.
"Keep going, you can't stop, you can't stop for a moment, giving up means failure..." She continued to talk while crying.
Looking at her shrugged shoulders, I suddenly thought of why I felt something was wrong with her.
When a person is emotionally excited, it is always difficult to fully express their inner feelings, so they need time, thinking, and organization of language to try their best to say what they want to say. But even though the expression is very slow, those words,
They are all words from the heart.
But at this moment, Peixin's expression seemed to be a passage memorized from a book. What does this mean? It can only mean that before coming here, someone asked her to memorize this passage forcibly and then relay it to me.
"Did someone ask you to memorize this passage and then tell it to me?" I patted her back gently, feeling that I really couldn't stay in this place any longer and had to leave as soon as possible. Every minute I stayed there,
It feels like sitting on pins and needles.
Suddenly, I felt a large area of wetness on my chest, with a biting coldness that made me shiver. Peixin in my arms also twitched violently at this time.
I helped her up in a hurry, but Peixin's hands were twisting hard, her mouth was wide open, and the panic that had faded from her pupils suddenly filled her entire eyelids. Her hair and clothes were dripping, and there was a stream of water.
A stream of clear water emerged from all over her body, flowing down her arms and the corners of her clothes.