Lookout Men and Widows

The boy leaned against the wall and continued to watch the activity room quietly. You Ming was still squatting in front of the boy, but the boy's eyes never turned to his face.

Yang Jinhua said beside him, "Mr. You, let's go to the lounge."

It has been a long time since the orphanage has received a large amount of donations. They all need this money. The orphanage needs to be repaired and hired to take care of the children.

You Ming was stunned for a few seconds before standing up and following Yang Jinhua to the lounge.

Also in the lounge, You Ming saw the information of the orphanage. There are actually several owners of this orphanage, not the ten-year history he knew before.

This welfare home was not originally a welfare home, but a hospital converted from private housing during the Anti-Japanese War.

After the Anti-Japanese War ended, it was deserted here.

It changed owners several times before it was sold to the previous owner of this welfare home. The previous owner was a Hong Kong businessman who came to the mainland to do business and also to do charity. Later, the business failed and went bankrupt, and the welfare home was taken over by the state.

Yang Jinhua is a local. According to her, she came to this orphanage after graduating from high school to take care of the children, and gradually regarded the orphanage as her home.

You Ming asked strangely: "Is there no other staff in this orphanage besides you?"

Yang Jinhua shook her head and said, "Yes, they went shopping today and left early in the morning."

"That shouldn't leave you alone." You Ming said.

Yang Jinhua smiled at him: "There are not many employees in the first place, and I will leave one more. I don't know when I will be back. I have been in the orphanage for so many years, and the children listen to me."

It was only then that You Ming remembered that although the children were playing games and making noise, none of them left the activity room.

And although noisy, but no one will cry.

Why?Is the child too well-behaved?Or is there another reason?

Yang Jinhua continued: "Do you have any questions? I still have records of donations from well-meaning people over the years, as well as the details of how the money was spent. Although our orphanages cannot compare with those in big cities, we do care for the children. The heart is no worse than other places."

You Ming: "The kid standing in the corner just now, is there anything special about him?"

Yang Jinhua sighed: "The child never talked about his previous experience, maybe he was traumatized."

You Ming: "He won't play with other children after he comes here?"

Yang Jinhua shook her head: "Well, it's strange, but children with psychological trauma are like this, so we can only be more patient with him."

Now You Ming feels that this orphanage is full of mysteries.

Children who are too obedient.

The little boy who said there was a ghost here.

And this woman named Yang Jinhua.

You Ming pursed his lips and said, "Let me go talk to the children first."

The smile on Yang Jinhua's face restrained a little, and she said to You Ming, "You can do what you want."

You Ming walked out of the lounge and returned to the activity room.

The activity room has toys and building blocks, but it all looks old and some of the exterior paint has worn off.

The younger ones are still stuffing toys into their mouths.

The older children play in their own way.

But there is no one over ten years old here.

The boy in the corner was still standing there motionless, his black eyes staring blankly at the activity room.

You Ming lifted his sleeve and looked at his watch, which showed that the current time was three o'clock in the afternoon.

But when he looked through the window, he felt that the sky was too dark at this time.

He approached the older children, who took one look at him and then went on with the game.

"What are you playing?" You Ming asked softly.

The girl answered him childishly: "We play hide-and-seek."

You Ming asked strangely, "Where are you hiding?"

The bottom of this room can be seen at a glance, there is no place to hide people, and the door of the activity room is closed and has never been opened.

"We're going to play a game." The girl stopped answering You Ming's words, and she said to the three children next to her, "I'll be a ghost, one, two, three!"

The children ran away, and the girl closed her eyes and began to count. When she counted to one hundred, she was going to arrest someone.

You Ming looked at the three children who ran away. They each occupied a corner of the room with their backs against the wall, and then they didn't move.

The girl opened her eyes after counting, and she stood up, taking advantage of her pink-blue skirt to make her skin white, she muttered: "I'm here to arrest someone."

You Ming watched her go around the activity room a few times, but she couldn't find anyone, as if she couldn't see the child in the corner at all.

You Ming looked at the little boy from before, and the little boy looked at the girl.

She searched for more than half an hour, but couldn't find anyone.

She pouted and said, "It's too difficult! I won't look for it anymore! Come out, I won't play anymore!"

The other three children came from the corner, and the girl saw them.

You Ming looked around and found that the children here were playing strange games.

You Ming squatted in front of the first little boy again.

He asked softly, "Are there ghosts here?"

The little boy rolled his eyes: "Yes."

You Ming: "Where is the ghost? Will it harm people?"

The little boy pointed to his eyes: "There is a ghost, I saw it."

You Ming: "Do you know where the ghost is?"

The little boy smiled shyly at You Ming: "You can't see."

You Ming nodded: "Yes, I can't see."

Little boy: "Big brother can't see it, but I can see it."

You Ming followed his words and said, "Yes, you are better than me."

The little boy laughed.

"In the evening, there are many." The little boy said, "There are many, many."

You Ming took a breath.

What does it mean?Is this a haunted place?Are these children becoming abnormal because they are affected by ghosts?

The little boy's black eyes looked straight at You Ming: "Big Brother, do you want to stay and watch the ghost?"

You Ming: "Okay, will you accompany me?"

Little boy: "Big brother needs me to accompany you? Is big brother afraid?"

"Yes." You Ming and the little boy checked.

Yang Jinhua took You Ming to the staff dormitory, and said to You Ming: "They called just now, saying that there is some traffic jam, and they may not be back until tomorrow. You can rest here tonight. If you need anything, you'd better tell me now. The traffic here is not very convenient, and you have to drive to buy things.”

You Ming sat on the chair.

He felt strange.

The little boy who said he could see ghosts—maybe it was intentional to scare people, or it might be true that he was born with yin and yang eyes.

Children playing strange games.

And... Yang Jinhua who looked very weird.

She didn't pay much attention to those children, otherwise she wouldn't have closed the door of the activity room without locking it and took You Ming to the activity room, and she didn't play with the children, she didn't look conscientious.

We'll have to wait until nightfall to find out what will happen.

I don't know if Jiang Yu'an will come to look for him tonight, You Ming can only observe first.

At six o'clock in the afternoon, You Ming went to have dinner with the children.

The dinner was very rich, and it was impossible to tell that Yang Jinhua prepared it by herself. The rapeseed had meat and soup, and the younger children ate minced meat, chopped into pieces, boiled into minced broth, and chopped green onion was sprinkled on top. The dishes are not only full of aroma, but also very beautiful.

It is not inferior to the presentation of the chef in the hotel.

This is even stranger.

According to Yang Jinhua, she is just an ordinary employee who came to take care of the children after graduating from high school.

You Ming has many doubts.

Perhaps by night he would be able to unravel the mysteries.

Children lack interest when eating, they don't want to eat, they want to play more.

Yang Jinhua said on the side: "You have to eat up, so that you can grow your body and become taller."

Children: "Got it."

The little boy sat in the corner by himself, and there was food in front of him, but he didn't eat a bite.

He just watches, like an observer.

Observer?

You Ming trembled suddenly.

You Ming didn't eat these meals either. He returned to the staff dormitory and waited for the night to come.

At ten o'clock in the evening, You Ming walked out of the staff dormitory. As soon as he opened the door, he saw a little boy waiting at the door. The little boy smiled at him: "Big brother, come with me."

After these words fell, the little boy started running, and You Ming could only trot and follow behind the boy.

They ran down the corridor and down the stairs into the yard.

The orphanage has a large yard, which looks like a small playground, but there is no roof in the yard, and no one seems to come to maintain it, so the equipment has long been aging, and even the connection between the seesaw and the base is rusted, and it cannot be moved at all. no.

The little boy sat on the swing, raised his head and said to You Ming who was standing beside him, "The ghost is coming."

You Ming looked at the stairs coming down from upstairs.

Ten minutes later, a person came down from the exit of the stairs, and Yang Jinhua came down first. Her hair was disheveled, and her figure had also changed. When You Ming saw her during the day, she was still very energetic, but now she was bent over. The waist and arms are bent, and there seems to be no way to straighten them.

Sure enough, Yang Jinhua is a ghost?

You Ming felt something was wrong.

It's not that he has never seen a ghost, and it's very rare for a ghost to show up.

Xiaofeng is a rare ghost who can show her body, but she still can't disguise her appearance.

Why can Yang Jinhua do it?

Why did she take care of these children in the orphanage?

Yang Jinhua went to the yard to be faithful, and after she stood up, she said to the stairs: "Come down, let's play games together."

The stairs started to come down again, and the children walked down slowly, with dull expressions on their faces.

Yang Jinhua had a weird smile on her face, and her voice was full of bewilderment: "Come here quickly."

You Ming frowned.

At this moment the little boy said, "The ghosts can't see us."

You Ming: "She can see me during the day."

The little boy laughed: "I can't see it, I can't see it now."

You Ming watched the children gathered around Yang Jinhua, they formed a circle, holding hands, surrounding Yang Jinhua.

Yang Jinhua's voice was very sharp: "Good children, all good children."

Just when You Ming was about to chant the mantra, Yang Jinhua suddenly turned her head and looked straight in You Ming's direction.

Her face suddenly melted.

The facial features disappeared, and the face was like burnt wax.

The melting face suddenly twisted.

You Ming had a feeling.

She is smiling at him.