my neighbors

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"What are you thinking?" Seeing that I hadn't moved for a long time, Si Mu raised his tone slightly.

My fingers froze, I turned my head and smiled at him, "After helping Captain Zuo, let's move together." When I said "Let's go together", I felt a little nervous and expectant, and my face burned involuntarily .I was nervous because I didn't know if I was worthy of Si Mu's doing this, and the anticipation also stemmed from this.

He was silent for a while, then said, "Okay."

It's just such a simple word, and it makes it easy for the factor of happiness to grow in my body. I feel that as long as Si Mu is by my side, anywhere is safe and I am willing to go.As long as he's around...

As long as he is there? !

I don't know why, when I thought of these five words, my heart sank suddenly, and I resisted reflexively.It seems that there is a voice blasting in my head, telling me not to trust him, not to trust him!That newspaper clipping, the resume, and the crying of the woman on the night Xiao Ai hurt someone... constitute another broken memory of mine.I never experienced these things when I was a child. It was an ordinary to boring growth process, but why, it was shockingly familiar. The joy just now disappeared, replaced by confusion and depression.

Seeing me blankly, Si Mu finally went to ring Zheng Shutang's doorbell himself.The depressing and unpleasant doorbell rang, which was a little harsh.There was no movement in 406 until the doorbell rang.

Si Mu frowned, and I felt bad immediately, and slammed on the door of 406: "Zheng Shutang—is you at home? Zheng Shutang—?"

Still no response.I looked at Si Mu helplessly, and the latter passed his hand through the gap in the iron door and dialed the lock of the wooden door.Unexpectedly, the lock of the wooden door jumped open all of a sudden, and the wooden door slowly slid back—this guy Zheng Shutang didn't close the door inside!I lament that I have no sense of anti-theft.

"No." Si Mu's expression changed when the door slowly opened.I seem to have never seen him so nervous, and panicked for a while, not knowing what would come out of the door.

However, no.

Except for a few moths flapping their wings and flying out the moment the wooden door opened, and a strange smell of paint and paint, there was nothing unusual.I saw Zheng Shutang leaning on a chair rubbing his eyes, as if he had just woken up.He looked at us outside the iron gate, showing a trance smile: "Come?"

For a while, I thought these two words were a bit strange, as if he had known about our visit for a long time.But Zheng Shutang woke up suddenly, patted his head and stood up, and hurriedly opened the iron door for us: "I'm sorry, I really fell asleep just now. I've been very tired recently, so I didn't hear you knocking on the door." I dispelled the doubts just now, and said to him: "It's okay, it's okay, you're fine, I don't mind disturbing you. Speaking of which, don't you lock the wooden door when you sleep?"

Zheng Shutang's expression froze: "Huh? I remember I locked it?" He looked at the wooden door suspiciously, looking puzzled.

I patted him on the shoulder: "Maybe you misremembered." Zheng Shutang narrowed his eyes and shook his head: "My memory is very good, I shouldn't remember it wrong, it's really strange...my house is a mess, just don't dislike it .”

Si Mu has been scanning Zheng Shutang's house since he entered the door, always reminding me of the purpose of my visit.I sighed and looked around.Zheng Shutang is a bachelor, and his home can be as messy as possible, especially as a repairman, Zheng Shutang's house is full of weird smells of engine oil and metal, scattered metal parts and wrenches and screwdrivers are scattered everywhere, and there are a few under the table with missing corners. old circuit board.There was a bucket of wall plaster in the corner, with brushes stuck in it at random.There were loops of old wires wrapped around the back of the chair, and the lights had been modified so that they weren't as dazzling as ordinary incandescent bulbs.

What is really shocking is the white wall in the living room, which is covered with black slurry, like blood, with a few moths on it, and I noticed an unidentifiable moth thrown by the balcony door. The slippers, all covered with layers of black matter, looked extremely disgusting.

I swallowed: "This is... what's going on...the wall of your house and that slipper..."

Zheng Shutang helplessly cleaned up the parts and engine on the sofa: "Isn't it spring? There is a mountain behind me, and moths are very fierce." This is too scary!I stared at the slipper, feeling my stomach churn, wondering how many moth corpses were piled on it.What kind of mood did Zheng Shutang beat these things to death, and then what kind of mood did he let this slipper stay at home.Not to mention intensive phobia patients, I feel itchy when I look at it, and I can't wait to cut two knives on my hand to vent.

"Are there so many moths?" Si Mu's cold voice sounded behind him, "No matter how close you are to the mountain, there won't be so many moths gathering in your house like crazy."

Zheng Shutang paused for a moment to pack his things, and then tightened his grip: "It would be great if I knew.... I don't understand why there are so many strange things happening at home recently." He moved his hand covered with iron filings to He patted on his trousers and motioned for us to sit down.

"Can you tell us a little bit?" My curiosity has been aroused at this time.

Zheng Shutang pursed his lips and sat down beside us: "Actually, there is nothing to say, just don't take this as my imagination. First of all, there are a lot of moths inexplicably appearing in the house, and they can't be beaten. It's very disgusting. I don’t want to touch it with my hands, and I want to retch when I see it—and then I often forget what I have done, and I moved to the bed when I fell asleep on the sofa, I locked the door but opened it the next day, and there were often times at home that I didn’t want to buy it. I even forgot what I was going to buy when I went to the supermarket. As I said, my memory has always been very good, but recently... I have forgotten a lot. I feel like there is another person by my side—— like-"

"Is that Qu Su?" Si Mu said in a deep voice.

Zheng Shutang's eyes froze: "How do you know him?!"

Seeing that Si Mu had no desire to explain, Zheng Shutang didn't ask any more questions, but his tone was much worse than before: "Yes, that's right, Qu Su is my boyfriend. Just treat me as insane, and feel that there is another person here." Accompany me by my side, doing things that I dare not do, such as...shooting so many moths, and killing the moths on the wall." He pointed to the blood-stained wall behind him and continued : "I usually cherish these walls the most, and I will never do such a thing that pollutes the walls... But..." He looked at the slipper covered with moth corpses: "Someone took that slipper and shot it. Dead those moths."

Si Mu asked, "Others? Someone took it, but why not yourself?"

For the first time when I saw Zheng Shutang's face, I lost all smiles.It was as if he had peeled off all the shells of tenderness, empathy and even seductiveness, and began to reveal his true essence.I shivered when I saw his expression, this Zheng Shutang was more unfamiliar than ever.

He looked serious, and said word by word: "I said, there is definitely another person."

"Also, I don't think that person is me."

Moth ([-])

Si Mu didn't argue with him any more, and the conversation turned back to another thing that I cared about: "Are there only so many moths in your house?" I saw Zheng Shutang trembling all over his body when he heard the words, as if he had suffered a great deal. Stimulation: "No... If only there were so many. Those things are more than that... there must be more than that."

I am secretly startled, there is more? ! !I squeezed Si Mu's hand reflexively to relieve my fear and stress.I couldn't imagine the scene where the house was full of moths, so I naturally felt a lot more sympathy for Zheng Shutang.

"Can you show us?" Si Mu continued to ask.

Zheng Shutang hesitated for a while, then got up and said to us: "You may see something you don't want to see next... Forget it, just come if you want to see it, I can't go back to the bedroom peacefully."

I was very nervous: Is it really so scary?Si Mu held my hand silently, and I felt the delicate temperature of his palm, which is the temperature I am most familiar with. My heart immediately became silent, and most of my fear dissipated.

Maybe it was at this moment that I became more determined, even if Si Mu lied to me in the future, I wouldn't have the slightest complaint.The reason is simple, because my trust in him has already surpassed everything.Sensibility and rationality, I am more willing to bet on sensibility for Si Mu, and take a gamble according to my heart.

But I know better than anyone that I can't afford to lose.

Zheng Shutang opened the bedroom door, his hands were tense, the veins were protruding, and they kept trembling.In addition to disgust, there is more fear in his eyes, unspeakable fear.I was a little surprised at first why he was so scared, but then I saw the source of his nightmare - my God -

The wall opposite his door was covered with moths, each crowded and wriggling, weaving everyone's nightmare with the broken patterns on their wings.I have never felt so disgusted by a thing, and the squirming of the tentacles and thin legs makes me feel extremely dirty.I felt a surge of acid almost immediately, and reflexively covered my mouth and retched.Zheng Shutang trembled all over, and tiny goosebumps appeared on the exposed skin.He quickly closed the door, and said in an extremely small voice: "...you know...I really don't know how I got here these days, I live like a lunatic...I doubt my eyes and memory out