Black clouds continue to oppress Meizhou City, and the sky is once again depressed by it. There is no sun, moon, and stars. Now it is impossible to tell whether it is day or night.
The streets and alleys were empty, as if a huge disaster was about to happen. People had already fled into their homes, leaving only rows of thin street lamps standing in silent resistance.
The evil wind stirred up the fallen leaves and dust that were bent to welcome it, and they followed it reluctantly, sweeping in unscrupulously.
The wind blew by, and the street lamp was already trembling, but it still fulfilled its duty, emitting its faint light, bringing a little yellowish color to the endless blackness.
A figure suddenly appeared at the end of the street. He was now left in the darkness. Instead of hiding at home like everyone else in the city, he was finally alone. At this moment, he was alone, walking quickly towards the direction that might be home.
Go faster.
In this case, timidity always seems to follow you. The heavy rain in nature may only scare those who are timid, but for most people, there are always some fears that transcend nature and are engraved in their hearts.
in their genes.
He walked faster, always having the urge to look back. But he couldn't look back, and he didn't dare to look back. Strange thoughts warned him that turning back meant that he might face unknown horrors.
"No matter if anyone calls me or not, I must never look back!"
His heart was beating in a panic, and now he was sure that it could still beat. Everyone's heart beats once or less, but he seemed to have seen signs that it would stop beating prematurely.
He took bigger steps, and finally started running. The faster he ran, the faint yellowish color on the street gradually disappeared, while the blackness became thicker and thicker.
For some people, what comes may not be heavy rain, but what they will encounter may be endless despair.
He looked in front of him in horror, his pupils dilated several times, and his heart that was beating violently due to panic had really ended its mission ahead of schedule.
…
Lu Sheng woke up from bed. He looked out the dark window. It was still the same as before. The clouds had not disappeared and the rain had not yet arrived. He touched the sweat on his forehead and glanced at Xiaoqing, who was sleeping beside him.
Lu Sheng gently got up and got out of bed, and walked to the living room alone. Lu Sheng once again stood by the window as he was accustomed to, recalling the scene just now. Everything was very clear. Lu Sheng knew that the person was not him, but who he was.
It’s not clear now, but there was one person, one person who disappeared into the darkness.
"This person suddenly appears in my consciousness and then disappears?"
Lu Sheng did not fall asleep again, but kept wondering why a person disappeared out of thin air in his dream. He looked out the window again and wondered why such strange weather conditions had occurred.
It is no longer possible to judge the specific time from the sky, but it must be the time when people go out to work.
People seem to be trying hard to adapt to this kind of weather, and don't think there is anything unusual about it.
Lu Sheng looked at the people coming and going in the community outside the window, and he felt that it was time to do something. He sat back on the bed, closed his eyes tightly, and began to meditate, trying to change the celestial phenomena by himself.
"Let everything return to normal, let the dark clouds disperse, and let the heavy rain fall."
Lu Sheng was trying hard to dispel the dark clouds above his head, but he finally found that the sky was no longer changing according to his will, and everything was in vain.
Regarding the current situation, some of which were completely out of control, Lu Sheng began to have more worries about the future.
In this horrible weather, what happened to the missing person, Lu Sheng thought.
"Lu Sheng, what are you doing?"
Lu Sheng did not hear Xiaoqing's words, but continued to think, since I can't control the weather, I want to see what happened, and a person was lost in my dream.
"Lu Sheng?" Xiaoqing looked at Lu Sheng worriedly and asked softly again.
Lu Sheng finally came back to his senses and stretched out his arms to hug Xiaoqing who was standing next to him.
"You and dad should stay at home today. If the weather is like this outside, don't go out."
Xiaoqing nodded obediently, but still looked at Lu Sheng worriedly, "Is there something wrong?"
"Maybe," Lu Sheng continued, "but just rest at home and don't worry, I can solve the problem."
"when…"
At this moment, Father Lu walked back from the door carrying soy milk and fried dough sticks. As soon as he entered the door, he saw his son and daughter-in-law in the living room, and said anxiously, "Come on, it's hot, let's have breakfast together."
Seeing Father Lu in a hurry, the couple were very puzzled. Before they could ask, Father Lu said again.
"What are you doing standing there? Come here quickly and eat quickly. You will accompany me and our fellow countryman Uncle Li to the police station later."
Lu Sheng immediately had a bad premonition. He knew who this Uncle Li was. His family was from the same hometown that moved to Meizhou at the same time as Lu Sheng's family.
Thinking of this, he quickly asked, "Uncle Li? What's wrong with him?"
"His son hasn't come back since last night, and he still can't be contacted. Lao Li is worried. He lives not far from us. You can take us to the police station to call the police later."
"His son?" Lu Sheng probably guessed who the missing man was, and he continued to ask, "But it's not 24 hours yet, can I report the crime?"
"This kid should have come back last night. Where could he go in the weather like yesterday? And his phone was turned off."
Lu Sheng didn't say anything else, but quickly drank a few sips of soy milk. He remembered this person.
Uncle Li's son is named Li Shang. He was Lu Sheng's best playmate when he was a child. However, since that time, the two young boys have grown apart and rarely see each other.
contacts.
You can't connect the well-behaved Lu Sheng when he was a child with the hateful Lu Sheng now. As a child, he was a well-behaved baby who was loved by everyone.
Now hearing Li Shang being mentioned again, Lu Sheng's thoughts inevitably returned to that midsummer afternoon in his childhood.