Everyone suddenly felt creepy and stared nervously at the air beside them. Although there was no one there, they knew that a "kind" mother-in-law was standing there quietly.
Soon, Tingting skipped out the door.
At this time, Su Mu also stood up and said to the air beside him: "Mother-in-law, it's dark now, and my eyesight is not very good. Please forgive me if I bumped into you."
After saying that, he went to the bedroom where the little girl had stayed before under everyone's gaze. When he came out again, he had a photo frame in his hand.
It was the photo frame that the little girl had been holding in her hand.
He turned the photo frame over to the front and what came into view was a yellowed black-and-white photo, a family portrait.
There are four people in the photo. One is an old lady with silver hair, an old face and a hunched body. The other is Tingting who looks a little younger.
As for the other two, they had no heads at all and their necks were completely broken. One could only judge from their clothes and other parts of their bodies that they were a man and a woman, who looked relatively young. They were holding Tingting's hands, one on the left and one on the right.
Tingting's face was filled with a happy smile.
Ye Fanyu came over and looked at the strange photo in front of him: "This man and woman should be Tingting's parents, but why are there no heads?"
Su Mu looked puzzled: "The fact that my parents don't have heads isn't the point. The point is that there's one person missing from the photo."
"Who?" Ye Fanyu's expression changed.
"Sister." Su Mu pushed up his brown glasses and said calmly, "Tingting just said she was going out to look for her sister, but there is no sister in this family photo. So the question is, who is the sister?"
Ye Fanyu's face became more and more ugly, and the weird feeling in his heart became even stronger.
At this time, the sky had completely darkened, and the empty rocking chair began to rock again.
Crunch, crunch...
Everyone stared at the rocking chair nervously, and suddenly, an old voice sounded.
"Sleeping in the drowsy night fog, the whispers of the devil linger around, the moonlight peeking through the window, the dark shadows chasing around the corners with their fangs and claws."
Everyone was shocked and subconsciously clenched their weapons.
"Is this... singing?" Ye Fanyu frowned.
"Lullaby." Su Mu narrowed his eyes and stared at the rocking chair, and the song continued.
“The wind blows, the candlelight flickers, the embrace of darkness is quiet, close your eyes and don’t run around, fear is slowly burning in your heart.
Go to sleep, go to sleep, baby, don't wake up. There is a dark shadow in the corner, so quiet and silent.
Go to sleep, don't open your eyes. There are hands in the darkness, inviting you to cross the bridge.
Go to sleep, go to sleep, close your eyes and don’t hide. Your soul is lost and can’t find relief.
Sleep soundly in this night, do not ask whether it is true or false, until the dawn breaks, the nightmare will turn around. "
The simple melody of the song coupled with the old voice revealed a bit of weirdness in the dim night.
When people listened to this strange song, they always had the feeling that there were a pair of invisible hands in the darkness caressing their scalps.
What no one noticed was that as the singing began, a shadow quietly rose in the corner of the house where the candlelight could not reach. It rose higher and higher, and finally slowly turned into a human figure.
"What do these lyrics mean?" Ye Fanyu felt inexplicably upset. This strange environment made him very uncomfortable, and he subconsciously asked Su Mu.
But the moment he turned to look at Su Mu, his scalp suddenly exploded, his face changed drastically, and his body retreated rapidly, distanced himself from Su Mu.
“Black Shadow!!”
He retreated to the corner of the room, his right hand clenched into a gun shape, pointing at Su Mu's back.
Everyone was shocked and looked towards Su Mu, only to see a black shadow with long arms and a skinny body standing strangely behind him.
"Chief!" Zhao Chaoyao was very anxious and raised the machete in his hand.
"Su Mu, behind you!" Yang Dongqing stared at the dark shadow behind Su Mu, not daring to act rashly.
Su Mu didn't look back, but smiled faintly: "Behind me?"
"Mr. Su, the black shadow has set its sights on you, quickly let someone else replace you!" Ye Fanyu shouted hurriedly.
However, Su Mu did not arrange for his younger brother to die in his place. Instead, he turned around calmly, with a tall and thin black figure reflected in his brown glasses.
At this time, the black shadow had already stretched out its thin and dry arms towards Su Mu.
"Are you inviting me?" Su Mu asked.
The black shadow did not answer, but stretched his hand forward, and the sharp fingertips made of shadow almost touched the brown glasses on his face.
Su Mu smiled slightly and stretched out his hand towards the shadow: "I accept your invitation."
The next moment, a white and slender hand tightly grasped the black shadow's hand!
Everyone was shocked.
"leader!"
"Sumu you..."
Su Mu turned around and smiled at everyone. The faint candlelight shone on his face and flickered on his brown glasses. "Don't worry, the answer is hidden in that lullaby."
After saying that, he closed his eyes and walked into the darkness hand in hand with the shadow.
Everyone stared blankly at Su Mu disappearing into the darkness, lost in thought for a long time.
The house fell into a deathly silence. After a long while, Yang Dongqing said, "Although he is a lunatic, I don't think he would take the initiative to seek death. Just now he said that the answer is hidden in the lullaby. Maybe he has discovered something."
A thoughtful look flashed across Ye Fanyu's eyes: "The lyrics of the lullaby say, don't open your eyes, there are hands in the darkness, inviting you to cross the bridge, and then close your eyes and don't hide, the soul is lost and can't find relief.
"Hands in the darkness" should refer to shadows, so closing your eyes and not hiding is the way to deal with shadows, right?"
"It's possible. Su Mu did close his eyes just now."
"Hey, Mr. Su actually risked his life for a line of lyrics, this... this is simply..." Ye Fanyu hesitated and did not say the second half of the sentence.
Yang Dongqing said for him: "He is simply a madman, right? Yes, he is a madman, it is not surprising that he can do anything."
"Asshole! How dare you insult the leader! The leader has his own plans for what to do, how can you talk behind his back!" Zhao Chaoyao glared at him.
Yang Dongqing glanced at him coldly and ignored this person who had already been brainwashed.
"Now is not the time to quarrel. For now, let's split up and go out to look for candles and food. The appearance of the black shadow means that this place is no longer safe." Ye Fanyu suggested.
Everyone looked at each other and finally agreed to Ye Fanyu's proposal.
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