doll city

The road home was even more congested than expected, and they didn't squeeze out of the crowded traffic until Gu Lili in the back seat completely drained the battery of Yan Ge's phone.

19: 35.

Yan Ge adjusted his watch on the car screen, and just turned on his fully charged phone, when he saw 6 missed calls hanging on the jellyfish pattern screen saver.

Yan Ge's heart tightened, and he dialed back immediately: "Second Aunt, is there something wrong at home?"

A woman's anxious voice came from the other end of the phone: "Come to the third hospital quickly. Your uncle went home to quarrel and almost set the warehouse on fire. Your grandma fainted from anger. The doctor said that she might have a stroke!"

Half an hour later, Yan Ge took Gu Lili to a nearby hospital in a hurry. As soon as Gu Lili entered the emergency ward, he cried and threw himself in front of the ward door.

"How is grandma! Grandma, don't scare me..."

The two sons and daughters of the Gu family were in the ward. The second aunt cried her eyes red and swollen, and shouted at the third uncle who was standing at the door with his head bowed and smoking a cigarette: "You drank that dog Luo Jiankun's ecstasy soup! You are living a good life." , insist on demolishing the house! Do you really think that no one will discipline you after the eldest sister leaves? The old lady really has some troubles, how will you let Lili think of you as a father in the future!"

"I don't want to either!" The third uncle grabbed his messy hair and squatted down. "Second sister, how can I compare with you and my eldest brother-in-law? One of you is the director of a large company, and the other is the director of a research institute. What about me? I’m [-] years old, and I still live at home, and you have no children, do you know how much it costs to make the carp the key point?!”

The second aunt had a bad temper, and immediately scolded: "Don't use your daughter as a shield when you have nothing to do! When you sold the factory ten years ago, Mom gave you 40 yuan to save for Lili to go to school. The 40 yuan at that time was What kind of concept, what did you use it for? Didn’t you gamble all over with your gang of cronies—”

"Second aunt, don't be angry, grandma has to rest." Yan Ge came out and said softly, "I just sent the test results to my dad, and he happened to be having dinner with an old specialist from Beining General Hospital, and he read the test report over there Said that grandma's situation is not serious, maybe she will be fine when she wakes up tomorrow."

The second aunt was so angry that her chest heaved, she calmed down for a while, and said: "It's critical to not have a child, Gege, you can take the carp home to rest in a while, I will watch the night tonight."

Yan Ge didn't say much, and silently went downstairs to buy some thermos bottles, towels and blankets. After confirming that grandma's indicators were still normal, he called the third uncle to the corridor of the ward.

"Third Uncle, how much money do you have with Luo Jiankun?"

The third uncle was smoking a cigarette, and this nephew's observation skills were always so keen that he couldn't help but dare not look at him for a while: "Your child should not care about adults' affairs."

Yan Ge said: "Uncle didn't deny it, so it means there is. Let me just say it, if you don't tell me the whereabouts of Luo Jiankun, I will also tell Second Aunt about your investment."

The third uncle's face changed: "You, you child, are simply disrespectful!"

"Uncle can speak louder and call Second Aunt over." The words made Third Uncle dumbfounded, Yan Ge shook his phone, "Luo Jiankun's phone number, transfer information, and where he left last, it's better to be more detailed. Don't waste time, just send it to my phone in a while."

The third uncle seemed to have poured cold water into his collar. He knew that his eldest brother-in-law was a ruthless person, but he didn't expect his nephew to be exactly like his father when he grew up. He asked in a trembling voice, "What can you do as a child? If you know someone on the road, what should you do if you get him in a hurry and attack your family? Do you still want to kill him!"

Yan Ge paused for a moment, tilted his head, half of his face was hidden in the pale lights of the hospital, and walked back away, with a gloomy and penetrating smile on his face.

"It can be considered."

……

It was already nine o'clock when I drove out of the hospital. On such a winter night, after nine o'clock, the streets were deserted.

Considering that there was a heavy fog on the river and another layer of frost formed on the ground, Yan Ge drove very slowly. When he was waiting to cross the bridge across the river, he saw in the rearview mirror that Gu Lili was holding a baby in his arms. Cai porcelain cat.

Yan Ge saw it familiarly, and after a little recollection, he remembered that it was the one that Grandma Gu repaired in the afternoon.

"Li Li, is this lucky cat brought by your grandma?"

"Yeah." Gu Lili was also tired from crying, and twitched on the seat, "The doctor said, it was grandma's hand stroke, and she couldn't break it while holding the Lucky Cat, so they had to be brought to the hospital together ...Brother Ge, will grandma not be able to wake up in the future?"

"I'm not a doctor, so I can't say for sure. But according to the test results, the symptoms are mild, so I can be more optimistic. I'll bring you to see her tomorrow." Yan Ge put the Lucky Cat in front of the steering wheel and told Gu Lili to sleep for a while, He drove the car onto the bridge across the river.

The urban area of ​​Ciling City is located on the delta, and the communication with other places has to go through two two-kilometer-long bridges across the river.I don't know if it was because of the suspension of travel due to the epidemic in other places. After getting on the bridge, I didn't see other vehicles coming and going. Only the heavier and heavier fog covered the sea of ​​neon lights at the other end of the bridge.

Thinking of Luo Jiankun's matter, Yan Ge's mind turned quickly.

Judging from today's events, no matter whether he uses conservative or extreme methods, he must remove Luo Jiankun from the life circle of his grandma's family in a short period of time. Even if he may involve the third uncle in the situation for a while, it is better than leaving this hidden danger people in his family.

Children from single-parent families are often either extremely emotional or extremely rational. Yan Ge's personality is obviously in line with his scientist father.

When he was thinking about how to get Luo Jiankun sentenced to ten years, the street lights on both sides of the bridge flickered suddenly, and a black shadow rushed towards the window. Yan Ge reacted very quickly and immediately stepped on the brakes, but at the same time, the front of the car There was also the sound of crashing into something.

Gu Lili in the back seat propped himself up sleepily: "What did you hit?"

"Don't move, I'll go down and have a look."

The wind on the bridge was whistling, and the visibility of the headlights was only 50 meters. Yan Ge told Gu Lili not to move. A deep dent was made on the front of the car by something iron.

Parts of the bridge are missing?

Yan Ge raised his head, at the end of the light from the street lamp, he could only see thick fog and the looming steel cables of the bridge.

No, the hood will be smashed through the parts dropped from this height, and... what about the parts?

A strange feeling slowly rose in his heart. Yan Ge looked around, but he didn't find the black shadow that had just hit the front of the car.

"Brother Ge? How's it going?"

"It's too foggy, let's go home first, and go to the traffic police team to adjust the monitoring tomorrow."

Considering the danger, when Yan Ge was about to return to the car, suddenly, the shadow under his feet shook.

It wasn't him who was moving, but the car parked behind him was moving.

"Gu Lili! What are you doing?!"

"It's not me!"

The car started extremely fast, and with a buzzing sound of the accelerator, it rammed straight towards Yan Ge.But this moment was enough for Yan Ge to react. He turned and rolled into the sidewalk beside the road. He was about to remind Gu Lili to brake, but the moment he missed the car, he froze.

There was no one in the driver's seat at all.

So, who is driving?

……

Ten minutes later, Yan Ge got off the river-crossing bridge. At this time, the fog had faded, and the lights and buildings of the city were clearly in front of him.

No, after getting off the bridge, you are facing the green belt around the island. If the car loses control, it will definitely crash into the green belt, unless... there is an operator in the driving seat.

At least Gu Lili definitely didn't have a car accident, but I don't know where the supernatural power took her.

It's useless to be anxious, the fog on the bridge is too thick, and the vehicle has been lost after chasing it, and I don't know where it went.

Yan Ge looked around and walked to the guard box, trying to see if there was someone on duty to adjust the monitoring.

The lights in the sentry box were still on, but it was as empty as the surrounding residential buildings.

Opening the door and going in, Yan Ge only saw a cup of tea that had oxidized into dark brown standing on the table, and even an unopened takeaway.

He tried to call the landline phone on the table, but all the numbers showed that the phone was busy, and he wanted to turn on the computer to adjust the monitoring records, but he clicked the mouse twice but found that there was a password restriction, so he had to give up.

Yan Ge sat down and calmed down for a while, then took the pen and paper on the table casually.

"Known: Gu Lili and I were driving home late at night. From the moment we hit a bird, the vehicle automatically drove Gu Lili into the city. The sentry box that was supposed to be on duty every day was also empty."

"At present, there are three speculations: First, I am dreaming, but pain and other methods cannot wake me up."

"Second, I've run into a ghost, and everything in front of me is caused by resentful spirits."

"Three, indecision, quantum mechanics."

Enumerating the third item, Yan Ge crossed out all the words on the paper and gave up thinking. He himself is just a college student majoring in acting, and there is too much information missing, so it is impossible to guess.

Ciling City has become a dead city, why?

His mind was in a mess, Yan Ge settled down, skipped thinking, opened a tourist route map of Ciling City, and sketched for a while.

"...Assuming that the vehicle starts on its own, there is a high probability that it will go straight to Fuhua Plaza after getting off the South Bridge. First, follow the straight road to find clues. If you can't find it, turn to the power supply bureau. Since the power supply in the urban area is not cut off, Then the power supply agency must be operated by someone."

After clearing his mind, Yan Ge walked around the sentry box again, rummaged through the cabinets, stuffed a flashlight and two packs of instant noodles he found into an idle backpack, wrote down the explanation and contact number on a piece of paper, and left sentry box.

The urban area was also dead silent, and Yan Ge jogged for 10 minutes along a straight avenue coming down from the bridge across the river.After entering the urban area, the fog cleared a lot, and the dim street lamps cast uniform long shadows. Most of the shops on the side of the road were closed, and even some shop windows with pale lights were still deserted.

By this moment, Yan Ge had already instinctively started looking for weapons for self-defense. He stopped in front of the window of a sporting goods store, and was hesitating whether to break the glass and take a baseball bat for self-defense. There was a crash of broken glass.

Yan Ge shrank into the shadow of the billboard like a cat. After a while, the sound of neat footsteps came from a distance, and three identical tall women walked across the street.

It's people!

"Wait a minute!" The three women were not running slowly, Yan Ge hesitated for a moment, then climbed over the guardrail and chased after him. His speed was extremely fast, he climbed over two guardrails in a row, and quickly approached.

50 meters, 30 meters, 20 meters... When Yan Ge saw their details clearly enough, the three women suddenly stopped.

Yan Ge stopped and said uncertainly, "Hello?"

The three women finally noticed Yan Ge, and with a creaking sound, they all turned their heads. They all had the same big eyes and red lips, but they were all...not human.

Even though Yan Ge was calm, he had no choice but to take two steps back in shock.He looked at the three moving fashion models, clenched the steel flashlight in his pocket, and rolled his throat.

"You guys, what is it..."

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Character Panel (Currently information can be disclosed)

Name: Yan Ge

Status: (95/100) mildly fatigued

Possessions: costumes and police uniforms (already equipped), water guns, steel flashlights, instant noodles x2

Current task: Find the whereabouts of Gu Lili and explore the city (in progress)