Shen Yuan: "!!!"
Shen Yuan, who was not afraid at all before, was so frightened by the noise that he pressed his back tightly against his mother's tombstone.
What kind of noise is coming from the cemetery in the middle of the night?
He held his breath in fear, clutching his schoolbag tightly, tears streaming down his face without warning, but dared not make a sound.
I tried so hard to minimize my presence and truly experienced what it means for each day to feel like an eternity.
Just as he was about to burst out laughing, an even louder cheer suddenly erupted from not far away.
Shen Yuan was so frightened that he burst into tears.
It's haunted! It's haunted!
Then, seeing that the customers who had come to set up Lin Zhou's stall were cheering and talking, the lively sounds completely drowned out Shen Yuan's crying.
Lin Zhou, with his keen hearing, seemed to hear a faint cry, but his attention was quickly diverted by the diners who had gathered around him.
After Shen Yuan couldn't hold back his sobs, he didn't see any ghosts come to grab him, and instead calmed down.
He realized that if there were ghosts, his mother also lived here, and he wondered if he would ever see her again.
Suddenly, new hope arose.
He mustered his courage, touched his mother's photo on the tombstone, and, clutching his schoolbag, slowly moved towards the source of the sound.
Not far away, Lin Zhou had already started cooking wontons.
There were many more people today than yesterday.
Last night, when it was confirmed that Lin Zhou was setting up a stall in Taoshan, it was already close to 1 a.m. Those who went to bed early only saw the news the next day.
We found out tonight, so we arranged to come early together.
The errand runner who called yesterday also came to the scene with the rest of the group.
Although she was scared, seeing that almost half the group went made her less afraid.
The main problem is that the wontons are really not good when packaged. Taoshan is too far from her home. When the wontons arrive, you can taste their delicious flavor, and the soup base is so fresh it's almost unbelievable. However, the wonton wrappers are completely soaked and dissolved, just like eating noodle soup. The taste is okay, but it doesn't feel like eating wontons at all.
So she overcame her fear today and came with the group.
Looking at so many people, Lin Zhou was no longer worried about whether he could sell a hundred bowls, but rather about whether there would be enough to eat.
"With so many of you here, have you considered the possibility of not having enough food?"
this......
One sentence silenced the lively atmosphere and gave Shen Yuan, who had walked over, a chance to speak.
"that......"
"Holy crap, where did this kid come from? He scared me half to death!"
A child's voice suddenly came from behind everyone, startling the guy standing behind so much that he jumped up.
He was standing at the very back; how could he not know if there were children behind him?
When he turned around, he saw a child standing eerily behind him, and he screamed in fright.
"Ahhh, a ghost!"
Some timid people were instantly terrified and screamed.
They huddled together, and some of the more timid ones ran to the back of Lin Zhou's three-wheeled vehicle.
Lin Zhou wasn't startled by the child's voice, but he was startled by the screams of the diners, which made his heart skip a beat.
Shen Yuan looked at the group of ghosts in front of him, who seemed even more frightened than he was, and tilted his head in confusion.
"Uncle and Auntie, are you ghosts? Have you seen my mother before?"
Shen Yuan took out the photo he had been holding and looked at the diners with hopeful eyes.
Upon hearing this, the diners realized that the child was not a ghost.
The child's face was full of anticipation, yet it brought tears to the eyes of a group of adults.
"Hey kid, what are you doing in the cemetery all alone in the middle of the night?"
Shen Yuan was quite tall, but he wasn't getting enough nutrition, and his hair was still very long, covering his eyes. Plus, with his oversized school uniform on him, it was still swaying in the wind, and in the dark, he really did look like a ghost.
No wonder the young man, a grown man, screamed in fright.
Everyone made way for Shen Yuan and shone their flashlights on him. Only when they saw that he had a shadow did they breathe a sigh of relief.
Even though there were many of them, they were still quite frightened by any noise in this place late at night.
"Uncle and Auntie are not ghosts. How old are you? Why are you here alone in the middle of the night?"
Shen Yuan's face showed disappointment after hearing that they were not ghosts.
It brought a pang of sadness to some elderly diners with children.
Such a big child, alone in the cemetery in the middle of the night, who knows what happened to him, how he got there, it's so dangerous.
Moreover, even though he thought they were ghosts, he still had the courage to come over and ask his mother.
Oh my god.
Some of the more emotional people couldn't help but have their eyes well up with tears.
"I'm 12 years old. I missed my mom, so I came to visit."
Shen Yuan clutched the hem of his clothes and said with his head down.
Where's your dad?
"That's right, where's your dad? How old are you? How dare he let you out alone?"
"Child, come here. The uncles and aunties are all good people. Don't be afraid."
Some grown men couldn't help but frown when they heard this.
It's already so pitiful for such a young child to lose his mother, and the father seems so irresponsible.
"Dad has a new wife and a new child."
Shen Yuan said with a blank expression.
After realizing that these people weren't ghosts and couldn't know anything about his mother, he reverted to being the silent child he always was.
With his head down and his long bangs covering his eyebrows and eyes, he looked quite sinister.
It seemed that nothing around him, and even everyone's questions, could stir his emotions.
His words and expression undoubtedly made the diners present feel uneasy.
He's just a kid in his early teens, the age when he should be playing around. How did he turn out like this?
For a child this age to turn out like this, part of the reason must be from their family.
Some female diners started cursing when they heard this.
"His dad must have a stepmother and a child, so he doesn't care about him anymore. If he really cared about a child this age, how could he come out so late? He doesn't care at all."
Shen Yuan's behavior suggests that he hasn't received much care.
The female diner, who was already a mother, felt extremely sorry for him.
"Child, are you hungry? Uncle Lin's wontons are delicious. How about Auntie treats you to a late-night snack? Although Auntie doesn't know where your mother is, she would be heartbroken if she saw you like this. Let's not do this."
"Boss Lin, I'd like a bowl of wontons."
They don't need to say it.
Lin Zhou has been keeping a close eye on the child's situation.
Upon seeing the child, he realized that the crying he had heard when he first set up his stall was not an illusion, but the child's cry.
Judging from how thin the child is, it's obvious that he's not getting enough nutrition.
Lin Zhou cooked a large bowl of wontons, added a meaty bone, placed it on the table, and called the children to eat.
The child stood there stubbornly, tears welling in his eyes.
Even the adults watching felt a lump in their throats.
"It's really delicious, you should try it."
Seeing this, Lin Zhou took the small wontons, squatted down in front of the child, looked into the child's eyes, and earnestly invited him.
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