After finishing his sentence, Manager He left quickly, not wanting to stay in this place for even a moment longer.
Seeing that his manager had left, the waiter didn't dare to linger and quickly followed, looking around at the surroundings as he went.
"Shopkeeper, why is the old man in a place like this?"
Beneath my feet was a stone path, seemingly dilapidated from years of neglect. Each step I took resulted in a soft creak, and I felt the slabs tilt slightly, causing me to stumble. On either side of the path stood tall, dense bamboo groves, so dark that I couldn't see my hand in front of my face. The bamboo groves isolated the area, blocking out the moonlight as well; there wasn't a single ray of light.
The only light came from the lanterns in his and the shopkeeper's hands, but these lanterns couldn't illuminate very far; they could only see the path beneath their feet.
A gust of cold wind blew, and the waiter shivered, instinctively tightening his clothes.
When I came out, I seemed to be dressed too lightly. Why did it feel so cold?
And why did it get dark so quickly? It's not midnight yet, so why does it feel so desolate?
Perhaps frightened by the so-called old man, Manager He also felt that the atmosphere was a bit scary. The woods were eerily quiet. But even in the quiet, a crow would occasionally fly by, making two cawing sounds like a death proclamation. These crows... only appear when someone is about to die!
He had been walking quickly ahead, but now he suddenly stopped and waited for the waiter, urging, "Can you walk a little faster?"
Seeing the shopkeeper waiting for him, the waiter quickly went up to him, muttering, "Shopkeeper, it's a bit cold tonight!"
Shopkeeper He nodded in agreement, saying, "Let's hurry up and go back to put on another layer of clothing."
He also felt it was a bit cold today. How strange, it's only August, is it going to snow?
The two dared not walk one after the other, but walked side by side on the stone path. It took them quite a while to come out. When they saw the moon, they both breathed a heavy sigh of relief, "Finally out!"
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