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◎Mom?◎
Zhou Shiyue's words burst into the live broadcast room. The commentators were just talking about what the meaning of having two mothers was. Even if there was a ghost in the house, at most one mother was fake. But it turned out that Zhou Shiyue's mother had died a long time ago?
That means both mothers are ghosts. It's like there's a wolf in front and a tiger behind, one in the bedroom and one outside, there's no way to escape.
[What the hell???]
[The amount of information is too much and my CPU is burning up! ]
So both mothers are fake? Ghosts?
[It's broad daylight, and this is even scarier than what happened to Grandma Chen!]
Jiang Chuxu paused slightly, her body leaned forward a little, and her emotionless eyes looked through the screen at Zhou Shiyue's pale face filled with deep confusion.
"Speak clearly, from the beginning."
Jiang Chuxu's voice was not loud, but it calmed down Zhou Shiyue, who was in a panic.
Zhou Shiyue took a deep breath and tried to organize his words, but his voice was still trembling with the pain of surviving a disaster.
"Yesterday, while I was taking a nap, I suddenly had a nightmare. It was incredibly real. I dreamed I was trapped in a pitch-black, watery place. The water kept pouring into my nose and mouth. No matter how hard I struggled, I couldn't float up. Something was pulling at my feet from below."
As she spoke, she subconsciously touched her ankle, as if the cold touch was still there.
"I was completely stunned and woke up in a fright."
Just then, a cool hand gently touched her sweaty forehead.
Zhou Shiyue's whole body stiffened suddenly, and his blood seemed to freeze instantly.
"Yueyue, baby," an incredibly familiar, heartbreakingly gentle voice rang out beside her. "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid. Dreams are fake. Mommy is here."
It’s my mother’s voice!
Zhou Shiyue turned her head suddenly, and the dazzling sunlight shone in from the gap in the curtains, shining right into her eyes, creating a white halo.
She could only see a vague familiar silhouette in light blue housecoat, sitting quietly beside her bed, shrouded in the shadow of the bedside.
The silhouette leaned forward slightly, and the cold hand was combing her sweaty and messy hair very gently.
Huge sadness and longing instantly overwhelmed her. The sunlight was so real and the touch was so clear. Was she too tired, or was her mother coming over?
Tears flowed uncontrollably from her eyes and slid down her cheeks. She closed her eyes, reveling in this moment of warmth.
She tried hard to convince herself that this was just an illusion caused by missing him, or that she had not yet woken up from a nightmare.
Just when she was calming down a little and almost indulged in the warmth that she had lost and regained, her mother's voice came clearly from the direction of the kitchen.
"Yueyue, are you awake? Were you scared by a nightmare? Wait, mom will give you a cup of hot milk to calm you down!"
This was followed by the "click" of the refrigerator door opening and the slight clatter of the microwave or milk pan being picked up.
Zhou Shiyue was struck by lightning.
If she only had one mother, she could still comfort herself that it was just an illusion or a nightmare, but now she has two mothers.
She suddenly opened her eyes and looked at the bedside again. It was empty, there was nothing there, only a shallow indentation on the bed sheet where someone had sat, and that indentation was slowly rebounding.
The sun shone brightly on her body, but she could not feel any warmth. She touched the phone beside the pillow with trembling hands. The screen lit up and it was 12:30 noon.
Zhou Shiyue looked at the bedroom door, and with trembling hands she called Aunt Zhang, with whom she had a good relationship, downstairs.
“Beep, beep, beep—”
Connected!
"Hello? Xiao Zhou? Have you eaten?" Aunt Zhang's enthusiastic voice came.
Zhou Shiyue just cried out in tears: "Aunt Zhang! Help! My family..."
The sound stopped abruptly.
The voice on the other end of the phone was instantly distorted, turning into a continuous electrical noise, crackling, like countless steel needles scraping the eardrum, and then with a "beep", the line was completely disconnected.
When I called my best friend again, I was prompted with "The user you dialed is out of service area."
At the same time, the voice of "mother" continued to come from the direction of the kitchen, full of the fireworks of daily life, but at this moment it was more terrifying than the howling of ghosts and wolves.
"Yueyue, do you want to add sugar? Or do you prefer the original flavor like when you were little?"
At this point, the "mother" paused. She didn't seem to care when she didn't receive her answer. She was silent for a moment, and then there was the sound of liquid being poured into the cup.
This sound sounds very normal under normal circumstances, but it made Zhou Shiyue tremble constantly.
She had to get out of here! Now!
She was barefoot, stepping carefully on the slightly warm wooden floor. She held her breath and tiptoed towards the living room door, her eyes fixed on the corner of the kitchen.
Zhou Shiyue was worried that the ghost pretending to be her mother in the kitchen would suddenly pop out.
Just as she was about to reach the center of the living room, her eyes suddenly glanced at her feet.
It was a shadow.
But that's not right.
The shadow was close to Zhou Shiyue's shadow, and it looked like there was someone standing next to Zhou Shiyue.
Zhou Shiyue lowered his head, his eyes constantly scanning his surroundings.
No, nothing.
Is it an illusion?
She forced herself to look down again.
But now there was only her own shadow under her feet.
But the feeling of standing close to the "person" is always with me.
"Swish."
The heavy blackout curtains in the living room were pulled without warning, and the curtains swayed from side to side. Originally, the curtains were only opened a little, and now more sunlight penetrated into the room.
There was half a cup of water on the coffee table, which was shaking constantly. Water droplets splashed onto the table, leaving clear water stains.
Outside the window, the chirping of cicadas, which symbolizes the vitality of midsummer, completely disappeared in an instant.
A suffocating silence instantly enveloped the entire world.
The sound of the wind and the vague sounds of traffic on the distant street disappeared, and Zhou Shiyue could only hear the loud pounding of his own heart in his chest.
But the dead silence only lasted for a few seconds, and then the cicadas broke out again, and the volume increased several times. It was no longer a natural chirping, but became sharper and more piercing, with a sense of mania and resentment.
It was like a real sound wave pouring into her ears, impacting her fragile nerves.
Zhou Shiyue covered his ears in pain, his head was buzzing, his vision was black, and he could hardly stand.
"Yueyue?" From the direction of the kitchen, "Mother" called even louder. Beneath the deliberately gentle tone, her anxiety and a hint of barely perceptible anger could no longer be concealed.
"Why aren't you here yet? The milk is getting cold, come quickly!"
The heavy and dragging footsteps sounded again. The sound seemed to carry a sense of oppression. It came from the corner of the kitchen, constantly approaching the living room, and approaching her position step by step.
The footsteps stopped at the entrance of the living room.
Zhou Shiyue could feel a malicious gaze fixed on her.
Suddenly, a crisp and piercing sound of shattering exploded from the kitchen, like a glass being thrown hard to the ground.
"Oh!" Immediately afterwards, "mother" let out a short cry of surprise.
The sound instantly attracted all of Zhou Shiyue's attention, and she subconsciously looked towards the kitchen.
But the first thing she saw was not the kitchen, but the figure of her mother in light blue home clothes not far away. The figure had her back to her and was less than three steps away from her.
When did it... appear?!
How did it appear?
Is she the one in the kitchen, or the one in the bedroom?
Zhou Shiyue screamed and suddenly bounced back. The instinct of survival overwhelmed everything. She used her hands and feet to rush towards the door, her movements looking very awkward.
She rushed to the door, grabbed the door handle tightly, and twisted it frantically with all her strength.
But it doesn't move at all.
The door handle seemed to be welded to the door frame. No matter how she twisted, pulled, pushed, or tugged at it, or even banged it with her body, the door remained motionless, with no sign of opening.
She rushed in front of the cat and looked out desperately.
Outside, it was a normal afternoon in the corridor. The sun was shining brightly, and the word "Fu" on the neighbor's door was clearly visible. The aroma of food wafted from downstairs, the "clang" sound of spatulas colliding, and even the sound of the neighbor's TV program could be faintly heard.
"Help, open the door, is there anyone outside? Help me!"
Zhou Shiyue pounded on the heavy door with all her strength, crying out at the top of her lungs. Her nails scraped against the door, making a harsh sound and leaving shallow white marks on it.
However, her cries for help seemed to be blocked out, and the voices outside continued, ignoring her desperate cries.
The dragging footsteps sounded again, neither fast nor slow, and every step seemed to step on her nerves that were on the verge of breaking.
There is nowhere to escape.
Zhou Shiyue's terrified eyes scanned the living room wildly, and finally locked onto the bathroom closest to the door.
That was the only space where she felt safe. The desire to survive made her burst out with her last bit of strength. She used her shoulder to slam open the half-open bathroom door, stumbled in, and slammed it shut with all her strength.
Her fingers groped and finally turned the small locking knob.
“Click.”
The sound of the lock tongue snapping into place was like heavenly music at this moment.
Zhou Shiyue slid down to the ground with her back against the cold door panel, breathing heavily. She didn't dare to look up, or even look at the huge mirror facing the door, for she was afraid of seeing a ghost in the mirror.
Speaking of this, Zhou Shiyue smiled bitterly. She didn't know what to do at that time.
"I'm particularly afraid of seeing ghosts behind or beside me. I know hiding in the bathroom is not a good idea, but there are ghosts in the bedroom, kitchen, and living room, and I can't open the door to get out, so I can only hide in the bathroom."
[So sad, they are all ghosts]
But toilets seem more likely to be haunted.
[Isn’t it said that toilets belong to Yin? They are the most likely to be haunted.]
I suspect those ghosts did it on purpose.
"Yueyue?"
My mother's voice came through the thin door panel, with layers of strange echoes, as if countless voices were whispering and urging me on the other side of the door.
"Why are you hiding? I just broke a cup, don't be scared."
"Come out and let mommy see you. Are you hurt?"
"Come out, Yueyue."
"Look at Mom."
"come out……"
Zhou Shiyue covered her ears tightly and curled up into a ball. She moved a little to the side, completely shrinking herself into the corner.
After a while, the noise outside seemed to stop, and Zhou Shiyue covered her mouth again. She was afraid that she would make some noise and attract the attention of the ghost outside again.
"Why are you ignoring Mom?!"
The voice outside the door suddenly changed its tone, and the gentleness disappeared.
“Click!”
The door lock popped open by itself.
The toilet door was silently pushed open a crack by an invisible force.
【Author’s words】
The faucet was not closed tightly, and the water drops hit the sink, making a continuous sound.
I got up, tightened it, and lay back down on the bed.
The sound of dripping water began again, one by one.
The sound of dripping water is so close
Like in my ear
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