“You young people are very curious. I advise you not to go, especially around noon. It’s best not to even get close to it, as that’s the most ominous time.”
I asked curiously, "Isn't noon when the yang energy is at its strongest?"
The older brother said quietly, "Those dozen or so people hanged themselves at noon, and the driver also died at noon."
As they were talking, the older brother slowly parked the car in front of a small shop across the street from Binjiang Building.
A plump woman with a perm sat in the convenience store, her legs dangling from the cigarette counter.
I took out my phone and asked the man where to scan the code. He grinned and said, "Pay in cash, I can't get the money if you scan the code."
Who still uses cash these days?
Luckily, I was worried my phone would run out of battery, so I had a hundred yuan in spare cash tucked behind my phone case.
The older brother held a hundred yuan note, frowned, looked at the convenience store behind me, and said, "How about this, you buy me a pack of cigarettes and a loaf of bread, and I'll leave the rest."
Just as I was about to speak, I heard the impatient voice of the plump proprietress behind me.
"Do you want to buy something? If not, then get out of here and don't block my business."
I turned to the plump proprietress and apologized, "Ma'am, could you give me a bag of bread and a pack of..."
I turned around to ask the driver what brand of cigarettes he wanted.
When I turned around, I found that the man and his car were gone.
That's strange, where are they?
I asked the plump proprietress, "Sister, where's that driver from earlier?"
The plump proprietress looked at me like I was an idiot: "Who are you? Have you seen a ghost? I've only seen you standing here talking a bunch of nonsense from the beginning."
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