Sitting inside the taxi, Chen Ge spoke twice on the phone with Xiao Gu . After confirming that the woman in the raincoat had not returned, he sighed in relief . "The main mission tonight is to bring Xiao Gu home safely . I'll deal with Eastern Jiujiang later . "
Chen Ge had his own hesitation . Both the taxi driver and Xiao Gu were normal people, and Chen Ge did not want to drag them into this mess . The rain fell on the car window, and it blurred the view . The rainclouds hung low in the sky, and it felt like the sky was falling .
"The weather forecast has never been accurate; they said it was going to be a light drizzle, but this rain has been falling for how long already?" The driver was a young man . He looked about the same age as Chen Ge . He focused on driving . Due to the weather, he did not dare lose his focus .
"I'm going to fetch a person, and then we'll take your taxi back . Don't worry, we won't waste your fare . " Chen Ge pulled his gaze back .
"I'm not worried about that . " The driver did not turn around . "Don't you think the rain tonight is very weird? The further you go into Eastern Jiujiang, the heavier it becomes . The road is almost flooded . "
"How is that weird? It's just a heavier rain . You're being too sensitive," Chen Ge joked .
"Sometimes, it's better to believe something than not . " The driver pointed at the religious bracelet hanging by the rearview mirror . "I once fetched passenger from Eastern Jiujiang before . The people there are very superstitious and have many rules . Like if there's a newborn in the house, the man has to stomp his feet at the door before entering; if there is a nightmare, they have to turn the pillow around after waking up; if you receive a phone after midnight, do not speak first; if you see some strange vehicle at the site of a traffic accident, do not get too close . Initially, I did not believe these things, but over time, you get convinced . "
The streetlights dimmed . The driver looked through the sweeping wipers and felt nervous . "There is a scary urban legend here . It is easy to get lost if you take the road during heavy rain . You look like you're heading home, but eventually, you'll end up at an unfamiliar location . "
"There's a legend like that?" Chen Ge was interested . Many urban legends had traceable origins, and they could be based on reality instead of being fully fictional .
"Even though there hasn't been any big news in Eastern Jiujiang, of all the disappearances throughout Jiujiang, twenty percent happened in Eastern Jiujiang . It's like the place can consume people," the driver said darkly, and Chen Ge memorized everything that he said .
"Keep your eyes on the road . If we run into anything weird, we'll call the police directly . "
"Call the police?" The driver was not used to the jump in Chen Ge's thought . "I guess that could work . I'm just reminding you out of kindness . Don't come wandering in Eastern Jiujiang alone at night . This place is rather isolated…"
Half way through his sentence, the driver suddenly shut up . He narrowed his eyes to look ahead and then suddenly turned the steering wheel! The taxi turned, and Chen Ge slammed into the door . He did not say anything as he reached into his backpack to activate the recorder . The car slowed down . The driver gasped greedily for air, and his forehead was covered in sweat .
"What happened?"
"There was someone standing in the middle of the road earlier . "
"You probably saw wrongly . It's raining so heavily, and it's so dark—who would stand there in the middle of the road?" Chen Ge's hands searched inside his backpack before curling around something .
"That's true…" The driver wiped his sweat . He looked to the side, and all he saw was darkness .
"Can you describe the person's appearance? Was she wearing a red raincoat?"
"It was nothing like that . It was just a shadow… perhaps I really saw wrongly . " The driver scratched his head . He removed the bracelet from the mirror, put it on his wrist, and continued driving .
"Don't drive so fast . There are many rivers in Eastern Jiujiang . Safety first . " Chen Ge was not afraid of ghosts, but he was afraid that the ghosts might come after the driver . If the taxi skidded on the road, then he would die inside the vehicle . The sound of static echoed in the small space . The rain outside the car seemed to purposely avoid the taxi .
The two reached Eastern Jiujiang Fresh Water Plant safely . Chen Ge told the driver to wait at the entrance . He put on his raincoat, opened the door, and got out . Once he was outside, Chen Ge felt weirdly pressured like something was watching him .
The place felt weirdly familiar, like he had been there before perhaps in the past or in his dream . Standing in the rain, the sound of falling rain started to disappear into the background . Chen Ge frowned slightly as he took out his phone to call Xiao Gu .
The dial tone entered his ear, but there was no answer . The rain poured, but Chen Ge could not hear the sound of rain . All he heard was the dial tone of the phone . He felt isolated from the world . Darkness came from all sides, and all that remained in his sight was the old door leading inside the plant . Moved by the wind, the steel door creaked . From the inside drifted out the laughing and crying of children .
Little footprints appeared on the water puddles . Something came out from the plant . They ran and skipped before surrounding Chen Ge . His body froze, and the memory inside his heart slowly surfaced .
When he was young, Chen Ge's parents had reminded him multiple times not to come to Eastern Jiujiang, but one of the school trips had brought them to Eastern Jiujiang .
When he was playing next to one of the dams, he had heard someone call his name . With his teacher's accompaniment, they had walked past the small forest and spotted a blood red house at the end of the road . Many children had been playing around the house . They were crying and laughing . It felt weirdly similar to now .
Looks like many things that happen at Eastern Jiujiang are related to that red house . Could the door in Li Wan City be related to it as well?
The footsteps slowly inched forward . Chen Ge narrowed his eyes . Even with his Yin Yang vision, he could not see them clearly .
The kids seem to have perfectly melded into the environment .
The children's crying and laughing came closer . They hugged his legs and slowly crawled up his body . Chen Ge gripped the hammer . Just as he prepared to summon Xu Yin, the chilling sensation disappeared . The voices of the children escaped . At the same time, a familiar voice came from afar .
"Chen Ge…"
Raising his head, Chen Ge saw a human shape standing inside the plant . He looked as tall as he was .
"Who are you?"
"Me?" The shadow raised his hands to slowly reach into his chest, and then he pulled out yet another child from inside him . The child's face was blurry, and he looked quite similar to a young Chen Ge . His neck was titled like someone had snapped it with pure force .
"I'm the child that you've killed…"
"The child that I've killed?" Chen Ge dragged the hammer and thought for a long time . "But how come I have no recollection at all? Why don't you come closer so that I can take a better look of your face?"
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