Chapter 1698: Evidence of Silence

That night, Cai Meiwen didn't sleep well for almost the whole night, her nerves were extremely sensitive, and she would wake up immediately as if she heard movement at the door as soon as she closed her eyes.

The door is very thin. It is not solid wood, but two layers of hollow thin wood glued together. It prevents gentlemen but not villains. A grown man may hit a hole with a strong bump. However, in order to avoid waking up the neighbors, it is possible to pick the lock. It's a better way, anyway, the lock is easy to pick.

Until dawn, when she heard the sound of cleaners sweeping the street downstairs, her tense nerves finally relaxed, and she fell into a drowsy sleep.

This sleep made her sleep through the normal school time, and she didn't wake up until her parents came home from night shift.

In the past, she just skipped class secretly. When her parents saw her still lying in bed, they thought she had degenerated to the point of skipping class aboveboard. When they saw the broken bowls on the floor, they immediately became angry.

Cai Meiwen told them what happened last night in a panic, saying that there was a strange man wandering in front of the house, but their eyes were full of doubts, and they clearly regarded this as an excuse for her to skip class, and they refused to believe a word, so let her not think too much , go to school quickly.

No wonder they didn't believe it. She often lied and skipped classes on weekdays and her reputation had dropped to a freezing point, just like the story of "Wolf is Coming".

The only thing that can prove that she is not lying is a dog that can't speak.

She was going crazy, yelled at them hysterically, and went to school in a huff without even eating breakfast.

The teachers have long taken her tardiness and absenteeism as normal, and have adopted a laissez-faire attitude towards her, as if they hadn’t seen it. Anyway, it has nothing to do with them how she will degenerate in the future—the teachers are also very helpless. That's right, the troubled boys and girls gathered together and beat up the teacher, and there was no reason to do so.

During class break, Cai Meiwen told her buddies what happened last night and asked them for help.

The buddies couldn't come up with any good ideas. Several buddies laughed and scolded her for being nervous, and the other buddies were a little more serious. They asked her to notify her parents when they were on night shift at the same time, and they went to her house to spend the night with her. There is no need to be afraid.

As soon as she thought it was reasonable and courageous, she no longer took this matter to heart.

Having said that, she should have thought of it a long time ago, just like her at that time, the credibility of these best friends has almost reached freezing point.

Later, when her parents worked night shifts at the same time, three or four best friends came to accompany her for the first time, but only two or three came for the second time.

The third time they all made excuses to break the appointment. After all, they were still junior high school students at that time, the social atmosphere was not so open, and their movements were restricted. If they always stay out at night, the parents must not be able to bear it. Some buddies even endured it. Parents beat up.

The most important thing is that nothing happened these few nights, and gradually everyone didn't take it seriously.

Cai Meiwen can only spend the night alone again, and her disappointment with her buddies has also quietly changed her psychology. The so-called congenial buddies are nothing more than that, who else can be relied on?

After going back and forth, a seemingly invisible gap quietly appeared between her and her best friend. On the surface, everyone still hugged each other and laughed and laughed every day, but after school, the phone contact between her and her best friend became less and less. , It was someone else who called her.

The buddies also seem to be aware of her laziness, and gradually less and less visit her.

She has a lot of free time. When she is really bored, she barely reads books, especially at night when her parents are on night shift at the same time. She dare not sleep, so she simply reads Chinese or English texts aloud until she falls asleep while reading.

She has gotten used to the existence of the mutt dog, and no longer rejects it as strongly as she did at the beginning. Although most of the tasks of feeding and walking the dog are done by her parents, when they really can't spare time, she reluctantly does Would help, at least it's a living creature that can breathe on a lonely night, isn't it?

Slowly, she found that it was not so annoying. Apart from being ugly, it never barked or bit, and it was never picky about food.

No matter how coldly she treats it, it never seems to be angry with her. As long as she feeds it some food and water, it happily wags its tail at her and rubs against her calf until she half-truths Falsely annoyed and warned it not to pee on her leg before running away...

The parents named the dog Kuaiguai, and she thought it was too rustic, so she always called it Miscellaneous Hair, but no matter whether you called it Guaiguai or Miscellaneous Mao, it would happily run over.

As time went by, more than half a year passed, and although she was still often frightened at night when she was alone, nothing actually happened, so she also began to wonder if she was really thinking too much.

In the past half a year, her image and behavior have undergone great changes, alienated from the circle of problem girls, and not accepted by the group of top students in the class, she simply lived in isolation and walked alone.

After entering the third year of junior high school, in order to prepare for the senior high school entrance examination and increase the enrollment rate of key high schools, her school, like most schools, began to organize make-up classes and evening self-study, and it was compulsory for everyone to participate.

Evening self-study lasted from 6:00 pm to 9:30 pm, and by the time Cai Meiwen returned home by bicycle, it was often past 10 pm.

One day, she got off her evening self-study as usual, rode back to the family compound, put the car in the shed and locked it, and entered the residential building humming.

She thought today was just an ordinary day, with only her mother working the night shift and her father watching the football game and drinking beer at home. She had to work the night shift, but she didn't know it. At that time, they didn't have mobile phones.

Because of this, she didn't look up at her window before entering the building. If she had looked, she would have noticed that the lights in the house were dark. If at least one of the father or mother was in the house, they would definitely have the lights on waiting for her to come back. sleep again.

Entering the corridor, she stomped her foot, the voice-activated light in the corridor on the first floor turned on, and she walked upstairs.

Then there is the second floor.

In the middle between the second and third floors, she stamped her feet, but unexpectedly found that the lights on the third floor were not on.

She thought the voice was too low, so she stomped her foot a little harder, but the lights on the third floor were still off.

The incandescent lamp at that time heated the tungsten wire to an incandescent state to emit light and generate heat. The lifespan was far worse than that of the current LED lamp. The tungsten wire would break if it was frequently turned on and off. Besides, the bulbs used in the corridors were not good. What kind of high-end goods are not only often broken, but also often stolen home, and it is very common for voice-activated lights to not light up.

She thought, the light bulb is broken again, or has it been stolen? Really, too unqualified!

Such thoughts flashed in her mind, her footsteps only stopped for a second or two, and she continued to go upstairs.

How else could it be?

Leaving aside the fact that she thought her father was at home, even if her parents weren't at home, wouldn't she stay home all night because the lights in the corridor on the third floor weren't on? Where do you sleep?

Anyway, she would be home soon, so she quickened her pace, and seeing that she was only a few steps away from reaching the third floor, she suddenly heard a dog barking from above her head.

She recognized it right away, it was the barking of her family dog, loud and angry, barking continuously.

It had never barked like that in the middle of the night.

Like other dogs, Miscellaneous has a very sensitive sense of hearing. No matter day or night, as long as the family members step on the first or second floor, it can hear the family's footsteps, and then run to the door early to greet them.

He must have heard her footsteps, but why did he bark suddenly, and so loudly?

Cai Meiwen suddenly remembered that night that she had almost forgotten, and she trembled in her heart. She stopped and did not dare to go up. Instead, she leaned on the railing and looked up.

The loud dog barking turned on all the lights on the first, second, and sixth floors, and only the third, fourth, and fifth floors were dark.

With the faint light on the sixth floor, she seemed to see a figure on the fourth floor who was leaning on the railing and looking down at her. She could only see a vague outline, but she felt great fear in her heart, like Being stared at by a viper.

The figure retracted its head.

footsteps.

She screamed subconsciously, turned her head and ran desperately, rushed downstairs as fast as she could, ran out of the corridor, and didn't stop until she reached the guard room at the gate of the community.

Some people might sneer at her, thinking that she is too timid, if she blocks the entrance of the corridor, wouldn't she be caught in the urn? But as a junior high school girl, she was lucky not to collapse on the ground in fright.

After listening to her cry, the security guards in the community took a flashlight to check, but of course they didn't see anything.

Some neighbors in the building heard her screams and went out to check the situation, but they didn't see anything.

In this case, it is obviously useless to call the police. She didn't see anything clearly, and there was no substantial damage. What can the police do?

The community guard called her parents, and her parents hurried back from leave. Although they didn't believe her words, they still felt distressed to see her crying like pear blossoms and rain. They comforted her and took her home to sleep. .

Back at the familiar home, Miscellaneous Mao was still waiting at the door as usual, wagging his tail at her.

To the surprise of the parents, she, who was always cold-eyed at the miscellaneous hair, suddenly held it in her arms and cried even more sadly than before.

Because in this world, only Za Mao believes in her, and only Za Mao stands on the same side as her.

Since then, her relationship with Zamao has become better and better, and she often feeds it the meat her parents gave her when eating.

It's not that her parents don't believe her at all, but there's a limit to what they can do. As long as they don't work night shifts, they will always wait at the gate of the family courtyard for her to go home from self-study next night, and try to stagger the days when they work night shifts at the same time as much as possible. Other than that, as a commoner, there is no other way.

On nights when her parents work night shifts at the same time, Cai Meiwen will ask them to leave the miscellaneous hair in the guard room when they go out. Give the guards a few packs of cigarettes or two bottles of ordinary liquor as a favor, and the guards are happy to help.

When she returned to the community after school, she greeted the guards and locked the bicycle into the shed with Miscellaneous Hair.

At that time, it was not important to walk the dog on a leash, and everyone did not have this awareness. Miscellaneous hairs ran back and forth in front of and behind her, not too far away.

When she came to the downstairs of the unit, she waited at the door of the building and pointed to the corridor. Miscellaneous hair seemed to be human, and ran into the building by herself, and ran to the fourth floor in one breath. After confirming that the building was safe, she ran happily Come down, and go upstairs and home with her.

Then one time, on a weekend afternoon, she took Miscellaneous Mao downstairs to walk the dog, and let it run and play by itself. She found a chair and sat down to recite words.

After a while, she heard Miscellaneous Mao barking, and when she looked up, she saw that it was barking at a worker, very fiercely.

The worker was wearing ordinary work clothes, and it looked like he had just returned from get off work without changing his clothes. He was also wearing a peaked cap, with his face hidden in the shadow of the brim of the hat.

Miscellaneous Mao stood a few steps away from him and barked at him, and even rushed to bite him.

The man was caught off guard and panicked, but this was normal, who wouldn't panic when a dog barked at such a close distance?

It was dusk at that time, and there were other workers in the community who had just got off work, and there were many family members of the workers who were taking a walk. Some of them also led dogs, and there were quite a few women with children and babies.

The man wanted to shake off the miscellaneous hair, and moved quickly to the side, but the miscellaneous hair followed closely and continued to bark.

I don't know if he was in a panic or on purpose. Seeing that he couldn't get rid of the miscellaneous hair, he ran to women with children and babies, and kept yelling: "What's wrong with this dog? Is it crazy? What's the matter with biting? Whose dog? No one cares?"

Fearing that their children would be bitten by dogs, the women timidly ran away with their children in their arms, and boldly rushed forward to kick them, and shouted at the miscellaneous hair to let it go away.

Several of them also knew Miscellaneous Hair, and knew that the dog was usually quite obedient, never barking or biting, but how could the dog make sense once it went crazy?

Cai Meiwen was stunned for a moment, and immediately jumped up from the chair, rushed over to pick up the miscellaneous hair, apologized to the surrounding women repeatedly, and was even reprimanded.

Some of the startled and frightened women comforted her and said it was okay, some told her to take care of their dogs, and some even pointed out the past of her troubled girl with accusations. I can't even teach my daughter well, let alone a dog.

To be honest, if she was still a troubled girl, she would not be afraid of these gossip women at all, whether they scolded each other or rushed up to scratch her face and pull her hair, she would not be afraid, but she is no longer what she used to be.

Surrounded by a group of women who are accusing, even if Zhuge Liang is reborn, he may not be able to verbalize the females, not to mention that Za Mao is still screaming in her arms.

When she squeezed out of the crowd with Za Mao in her arms, Za Mao finally stopped barking resentfully, but when she looked around again, where could she find the shadow of the former co-worker?

As a large state-owned enterprise, there are thousands of employees in the factory. How easy is it to find someone who can't even see his face?

What's more, what if you find it? What bad things did they do?

The only one who knows the truth is a dog who can't speak.

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