"Route 17?"

Xiao Gu looked back at the bus stop sign. Bus No. 17 did not pass where he lived. "I need to take bus No. 104 to the terminal, and then walk two intersections by myself."

The sign at the bus stop said that the last bus of Line 104 would be at 9pm. Xiao Gu breathed a sigh of relief when he saw it. He leaned against the sign and waited quietly for the arrival of Line 104 bus.

The No. 17 bus pulled into the station. The driver was a middle-aged man with an untidy beard and unkempt appearance.

After the front and rear doors opened and the passengers got off, the bus did not leave but remained parked in the same 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 at the door about one or two meters away from Xiao Gu, as if there was someone standing there.

After five or six seconds, the middle-aged driver shouted impatiently: "If you want to get on the bus, get on. If you don't want to get on, stand further away and don't block the door! You're crazy..."

The front door closed, and the No. 17 bus slowly moved forward and soon disappeared at the end of the road.

"Who is he talking to?" Xiao Gu looked around and found that he was the only one at the bus stop.

The night sky was filled with dark clouds, and there were no stars or moon, which made people feel a little depressed.

At 8:20, raindrops began to float in the sky. Passers-by looked hurried, and the originally busy street quickly became deserted.

"It still feels a bit cold." Xiao Gu took out his mobile phone and browsed the web out of boredom, checking out the latest local news in Jiujiang.

"The latest development in the Central Hospital corpse theft case, surveillance cameras captured a crawling figure, and the possibility of an inside job has been ruled out."

"A ghost-hunting anchor on a certain platform lost contact during a live broadcast at Muyang Middle School in the early hours of yesterday morning. According to people familiar with the matter, many people have disappeared at Muyang Middle School since it was abandoned."

"Wang, an employee of the New District Blood Prevention Center, died mysteriously. Thirty percent of his blood was drained, and a rose-shaped wound remained on his back."

"Three men drowned while swimming in Dongjiao Reservoir. The weather has been hot recently. In view of the fact that Jiujiang has many rivers and abundant water, we would like to remind the general public not to swim in open waters to avoid accidents."

"Jiujiang News: A couple set themselves on fire in Liwan Mall, seemingly performing some kind of ritual."

"After a week, the last bus of Route 104 had another serious traffic accident! The bus company will make corrections to the bus route."

Putting away his phone, Xiao Gu looked at the empty bus stop and shuddered for no apparent reason.

I don’t know since when, there are fewer reports about celebrity gossip in the news, and they are replaced by all kinds of heavier and more bizarre events.

"Why do I 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 bus station.

"I don't have any friends in Jiujiang except Brother Chen and Sister Xu Wan. It's so late now, and it's not appropriate to call them for help. After all, everyone is tired after a whole day." Xiao Gu is a very considerate person with a straightforward personality. He will be nice to whoever is nice to him, without any ulterior motives.

The road was soon wet, and rain flowed down the roof of the station. There was no telling when the rain would stop.

"Why hasn't the car come yet?"

The outline of the building in the distance became a little blurred in the rain, the number of vehicles on the road gradually decreased, and the only light accompanying Xiao Gu in the entire station was the street lamp next to it.

The dim light became dim after penetrating the rain curtain. Waves of coolness seeped into Xiao Gu's sleeves. He stuck his head out and looked towards the other side of the road. Not to mention buses, even ordinary cars and trucks were not seen.

The road was empty and washed by rain. A street lamp could be seen about ten meters away. It was that dim light that brought Xiao Gu a touch of warmth.

The rain was still getting heavier, and Xiao Gu was getting a little anxious. He walked back and forth at the station, thinking that if a taxi came at this time, he would just take it back.

The street lights dimmed and Xiao Gu waited for another ten minutes, until almost nine o'clock, when he saw a bus at the end of the road passing through the rain and slowly driving towards the station.

Maybe it was because of the heavy rain, Xiao Gu saw the car from afar but could not hear any sound from the car.

"It looks like bus No. 104." Xiao Gu was rummaging in his pocket for change, and when he turned around he saw one more person in the station!

Not far from him, there was a woman in a red raincoat standing. She seemed to be waiting for a bus as well.

"Wasn't this sister just across the road? When did she come over here?"

The outside of the raincoat was wet. The woman lowered her head, and the hair that was exposed outside stuck together, covering her face.

"She doesn't seem to be wearing shoes. Could she be a crazy person?" Xiao Gu moved to the side. He stood on one side of the station, and the woman in the red raincoat stood in the middle of the station.

The rain was getting heavier. The last bus on route 104 slowly pulled into the station and stopped between Xiao Gu and the woman.

Xiao Gu, who had already prepared the change, rushed to 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 moved.

She grabbed Xiao Gu without warning, and her hair fell on Xiao Gu's arms.

"What do you want to do!"

The woman slowly raised her head. Her hair covered most of her face. Only through the gaps between her hair could one barely see a pair of eyes with almost all whites.

"Have you seen my child?"

"No, I haven't seen it." Xiao Gu was frightened by the woman in the raincoat. He wanted to break free, but the other person's skinny hands held him tightly.

"Have you seen my child?" The woman took another step forward. There were large stains on her red raincoat. Because the stains were reddish-brown in color, similar to the color of the raincoat, Xiao Gu did not see them at first.

"Sister, I really have never seen your child!" The back door of the bus was closed. Xiao Gu didn't want to get entangled with the woman in the raincoat anymore. He used all his strength to break free from the woman's hand and quickly got into the bus.

After inserting a dollar, Xiao Gu 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. She lowered her head, her hair was wet and stuck to her face.

"She is also a poor person. She probably lost her child and missed him too much, so she had mental problems." Xiao Gu held his chin with a look of sympathy.

Rain filtered through the cracks in the station's ceiling, with a few drops occasionally falling on the woman, then sliding down her raincoat and staining the small area of ​​the platform beneath her feet red.

"The vehicle is starting. Please sit tight and hold on. Welcome to the No. 104 unmanned ticket bus. Passengers 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 and leaned back in the chair.

"What is that? Why does my back feel sticky?" Xiao Gu glanced at the back of the chair. The middle of the backrest was wet, as if someone had sat in this position before.