Xiao Gu looked back at the bus stop sign and saw that the No. 17 bus did not pass by where he lived: "I need to take the No. 104 bus to the terminal, and then walk two intersections by myself."
The stop sign said that the last bus of No. 104 was at nine o'clock in the evening. Xiao Gu breathed a sigh of relief after seeing it. He leaned against the stop sign and quietly waited for the No. 104 bus to arrive.
When bus No. 17 came into the station, the driver was a middle-aged man with unshaven beard and unkempt appearance.
The front and rear doors were opened, and after the passengers got off the bus, the bus did not leave and remained parked in place.
"What do you mean?" Xiao Gu was not planning to take this bus. He looked up at the driver and found that the driver was staring straight at the door a meter or two away from Xiao Gu, as if there was a person standing there.
After five or six seconds, the middle-aged driver impatiently scolded: "If you want to get on the bus, get on. If you don't want to get on, just stand far away. Don't block the door! You're crazy..."
The front door of the bus was closed, and the No. 17 bus slowly drove forward and soon disappeared at the end of the road.
"Who is he talking to?" Xiao Gu looked around and saw that he was the only one at the bus stop.
Dark clouds piled up in the night sky, and there were no stars or moon, which made people feel a little depressed.
At eight-twenty, raindrops started to fall in the sky, and the pedestrians walking around looked hurried, and the originally lively road quickly became deserted.
"It still feels a bit cold." Xiao Gu took out his mobile phone and browsed the web in boredom, looking at the latest local news in Jiujiang.
"The latest development in the corpse theft case at the Central Hospital. The crawling figure was captured on surveillance. The possibility of internal crime has been ruled out."
"A certain platform's soul-searching anchor lost contact during a live broadcast at Muyang Middle School early yesterday morning. According to insiders, many people have disappeared here since Muyang Middle School was abandoned."
"Wang, an employee of the New District Schistosomiasis Control Center, died mysteriously. Thirty percent of his body's blood was removed, leaving a rose-shaped wound on the back of his body."
"Three men drowned while swimming in the Dongjiao Reservoir. The weather has been hot recently. In view of the characteristics of many rivers and abundant water in Jiujiang City, we would like to remind the general public not to swim in open waters to avoid accidents."
"Hanjiang News: A couple set themselves on fire in Liwan Mall, seemingly performing some kind of ceremony."
"After a week, a serious traffic accident occurred on the last bus of Route 104! The bus company will make rectifications to the bus route."
Putting away his cell phone, Xiao Gu looked at the empty bus stop and shivered inexplicably.
I don’t know since when, there have been far fewer reports about celebrity gossip in news bulletins, replaced by a variety of more serious and curious events.
"Why do you suddenly feel that the world has become dangerous?"
Xiao Gu squatted on the curb. The rain was getting heavier and heavier. He didn't have an umbrella, so he could only hide in the station.
"Except for Brother Chen and Sister Xu Wan, I don't have many friends in Jiujiang. It's so late now and it's not appropriate to call them for help. After all, everyone has been tired all day." Xiao Gu is a very considerate person with a straightforward temperament.
He would be nice to anyone who was nice to him, without all the fuss.
The road quickly became wet, and rainwater flowed down the roof of the station. There was no telling when the rain would stop.
"Why hasn't the car come yet?"
The outlines of buildings in the distance became a little blurry in the rain, and the number of vehicles on the road gradually decreased. The only thing accompanying Xiao Gu in the entire station was the street lamp next to it.
The dim light penetrated the rain curtain and became dim, and a chill penetrated Xiao Gu's sleeves. He stuck his head out and looked towards the road. Not to mention buses, there were no ordinary cars or trucks.
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The road was empty and washed by rain. Only a streetlight could be seen about ten meters away. It was the dim light that gave Xiao Gu a sense of warmth.
The rain was still getting heavier, and Xiao Gu was a little anxious while waiting. He walked back and forth at the station, thinking that if a taxi came by at this time, he would just take a taxi back.
The street lights dimmed, and after waiting for another ten minutes, until almost nine o'clock, Xiao Gu saw a bus at the end of the road passing through the rain curtain and slowly driving towards the station.
Perhaps because of the heavy rain, Xiao Gu saw the car from a distance, but could not hear any sound from the car.
"It seems to be Route 104." Xiao Gu was rummaging in his pocket for change, but when he turned around, he saw an extra person coming out of the station!
Not far away from him, stood a woman wearing a red raincoat. She seemed to be waiting for the bus as well.
"Wasn't this sister across the road just now? When did she come over?"
The outside of the raincoat was wet, the woman lowered her head, and her exposed hair stuck together, covering her face.
"She doesn't seem to be wearing shoes. Is she crazy?" Xiao Gu moved to the side. He was standing on one side of the station, while the woman in a red raincoat stood in the middle of the station.
The rain was getting heavier, and the last bus No. 104 slowly drove into the station and stopped between Xiao Gu and the woman.
Xiao Gu, who had already prepared some change, rushed towards the car door. But what he didn't expect was that the woman in the raincoat who had been keeping her head down and silent suddenly started to move.
She grabbed Xiao Gu without warning, and her hair fell on Xiao Gu's arm.
"What do you want to do!"
The woman slowly raised her head, her hair covering most of her face, and through the gaps between her hair, she could barely see a pair of eyes that were almost entirely white.
"Have you seen my child?"
"No, I haven't seen it before." Xiao Gu was startled by the raincoat girl. He tried to break away, but the woman's skinny hands grabbed him tightly.
"Have you seen my child?" The woman took another step forward. There were large stains on the red raincoat. Because the stain itself showed a reddish brown color, which was similar to the color of the raincoat, Xiao Gu did not notice it at first.
See.
"Sister, I really have never seen your child!" The back door of the bus had been closed. Xiao Gu didn't want to get entangled with the raincoat woman anymore. He tried his best to break free from the woman's hand and quickly entered the bus.
After inserting a dollar, Xiao Gu casually found a seat by the window and sat down.
Through the car window, Xiao Gu saw the woman in the raincoat still standing in the middle of the station, her head lowered, her hair wet and sticking to her face.
"She is also a poor person. She probably lost her child and then suffered from mental problems because she missed her too much." Xiao Gu held his chin, with some sympathy in his eyes.
Rainwater filtered through the cracks in the station ceiling, and occasionally a few drops fell on the woman, and then slid down her raincoat, dyeing the small piece of platform under her feet red.
"When the vehicle starts, please sit still and hold on. You are welcome to take the No. 104 unmanned ticketing bus. Passengers who get on the bus, please move to the back door. The next stop is the Central Hospital."
A cold electronic synthesized sound came from the front of the car. Xiao Gu stretched himself and leaned on the back of the seat.
"What is it? Why does my back feel sticky?" Xiao Gu glanced at the back of the chair. The middle of the back was wet, as if someone had sat in this position before.