my neighbors

Chapter 23

Scratching my head embarrassingly: "How should I tell you...Actually, I am the same as you, yes...you know?" I immediately choked on my own saliva, and stepped on my right foot with my left foot The upper, almost tripped.Zheng Shutang smiled at me: "Don't be so surprised, Lin Feng, you are too slow, did you just find out now?"

I suddenly remembered my illness before Lao Wang’s accident a few months ago. I saw the strange and distorted expression on Mrs. Hu’s face when Zheng Shutang was at my house. His beautiful face, ambiguous attitude and tone, everything is there now. answer.

The way I looked at him suddenly became complicated. Next, this guy won't tell me that he has been secretly in love with me, right?Or is it Si Mu?I can't wait to slap myself and think about something, really.

"Uh, do you have a...boyfriend?" I asked with difficulty.

Then I regretted it, because Zheng Shutang's face suddenly darkened, and there was an indelible sharp edge in his eyes. I don't know if he is angry, because besides anger, there is more sadness in his eyes, and I don't know why. .The beautiful face was tense, with an indescribable majesty and pity.

"Yes, but he's gone," he said.

"Ah?" I was stunned, Zheng Shutang took a deep breath, and continued: "He hasn't contacted me for three days, I'm afraid something will happen to him, after all, the two of us didn't quarrel...he just kept out of my sight like this It's missing inside."

I looked at his sad look, and felt a little affected and sad: "It's okay, it must be okay, if you really can't find it, call the police. I am very familiar with Captain Zuo, the police here."

"Okay..." Zheng Shutang's tone was elongated, he raised his eyes to look at me, and said word by word, "But I think he will never come back."

I don't know how I was feeling at that time, but the numb and crazy eyes were not like Zheng Shutang at all.My whole body was as cold as if I had fallen into a block of ice. I saw him slightly raise the corners of his mouth and pull out a hypocritical smirk, and then his eyes gradually became clear again, as if the person just now was haunted by a devil.When I talked to him later, that feeling no longer existed, and the strange expression or tone never appeared again. At this time, everything was still as calm as an illusion.

Moth ([-])

Si Mu said to me: "Do you care about Zheng Shutang?"

"Ah?" I didn't react for a while, and I gave an answer that seemed ambiguous to him.In fact, at this time, my thoughts had already drifted hundreds of miles away, to the murder of a 13-year-old boy.

Si Mu's expression was a little pale, but he couldn't see his real emotion at this time.Only then did I realize what I had done, and quickly explained to him: "No... I didn't. Zheng Shutang and I are just neighbors, uh, friends. Think about it, everyone on the fourth floor has left, only our family and him are left Since there are two families, I will naturally care more about him, so don't think about it."

Perhaps it was because of the three words "our family", Si Mu's face softened a little, and he continued to focus on the book.I sighed, he was too awkward (——At this time, I couldn't help but want to say Lin Feng, you said that others don't look at yourself, you are also awkward!).

But Zheng Shutang's discomfort really made me a little concerned, but this feeling is very strange, as if I asked him what happened, and he said that something happened, but he forgot everything.Even so, Zheng Shutang did not show any tendency to kill or be hunted down. I can temporarily let go of my hanging heart. There is no way, I can no longer see anything with normal eyes.

Just one thing...I frowned slightly, the boyfriend who has been missing for three days?

Zheng Shutang was lying on the sofa, holding a slipper in his hand, and the other was hanging loosely on his foot.If you look closely, no matter how daring you are, the sole of the slipper you are holding is covered with dead moths, and they are crowded together in pieces, and when they are flattened, they splash black The slurry, sticking to the slippers is disgusting.

Another moth clung to the wall, Zheng Shutang didn't even raise his head, he swung his slipper over with his backhand, and immediately slapped the mindless thing to death.The white wall was also stained with black and yellow juice, and Zheng Shutang didn't even have time to cherish it.

There are more and more moths.Really annoying.

He straightened up, looked forward aimlessly, and didn't know what he was looking at, his eyes were misty and unfocused.After looking at it for a long time, he came back to his senses. He didn't want to wear slippers, so he walked towards the bedroom with bare feet.

more.He looked at the densely packed moths on the wall in front of the bed, and some of them occupied his bed wantonly.If you are still a person, you can stay here let alone an hour, a night, maybe even a minute. Watching those flying insects vibrate their transparent wings with black patterns and squirm their tiny feet, I can no longer feel disgusted. Simple vocabulary to describe.

At this moment, Zheng Shutang was so calm that he didn't look like a person anymore, and he couldn't see any bright spots in his eyes for a moment.Then he made a startling gesture—too bad no one was here—and pressed his palm against the moth-infested wall, the delicate, sickening friction of the moths on his hand. In fact, he felt it clearly, but he wanted to be so indifferent.

He looked at the wall affectionately, as if there was not a moth there, but a lover's face: "I love you"

"But you don't love me." He slowly clenched his fists, crushing the moths that didn't have time to escape.The sap stained his nails like blood.

Zheng Shutang raised his head, his expression was different from usual: "When will you come back?"

"I miss you so much. Really. I love you," he said.Over and over again, whispering softly.

Dong Dong Dong, a knock on the door rang.

I looked at Si Mu who was deeply immersed in the world of books and could not extricate myself, so I had no choice but to leave the radio and run to open the door.I thought it was Zheng Shutang looking for me again for something, but I never expected that there was a person outside the door who I knew but who didn't look like he appeared at this time.

"This is really... a rare customer." I laughed after a brief moment of stupefaction, "Should I say that the leaders are welcome to come and guide... At least two tables must be set up to show my heart." Si Mu also put down his hands book, staring at the visitor with a calm expression on his face.

"There's no need to line up with banners to welcome the banquet...the tea shop still has it?" The person who came also smiled at me.

Hot water is poured into the glass, and the shriveled tea leaves stretch out as if they were reborn immediately, and sway and scatter in the water.

I subconsciously knocked on the glass coffee table: "How come Captain Zuo is free today?" I was relaxed on the surface, but actually my heart skipped a beat. Could it be that something happened?About Zheng Shutang, about me or... about Si Mu?

——That last thought is the last answer I want to hear.

"Where should I start? Uh..." Captain Zuo sipped his tea, "Lin Feng, are you familiar with another resident on the fourth floor—that is, Zheng Shutang from 406?"

I felt my heart suddenly fall back to the original place, worried but also relieved: "It's not bad... Has something happened to him?"

Captain Zuo stared at the white mist emerging from the rim of the cup, and said after a long time: "We suspect...he has a great relationship with the disappearance of a man named Qu Su."

Missing?Qu Su?Although I have never heard of Qu Su, I also heard familiar elements from his words: "So it seems that Zheng Shutang did tell me that his boyfriend is missing." The three words "friend" had such an impact on Captain Zuo, he quickly coughed dryly, his ears turned red.

"Uh, let's not talk about this first," I took the initiative to change the subject, "Zheng Shutang is also very worried about that... Qu Su, I think he looks very anxious, how could it be him..."

Captain Zuo put down his glass, and his expression finally became solemn: "Did he tell you that? Then he lied. Before Qu Su disappeared, his classmates confirmed that he was talking with Zheng Shutang on the phone. According to Qu Su's classmates , he was very impressed, because Qu Su and Zheng Shutang really chatted for a long time, and there were quite fierce quarrels during the period, but it was a pity that his classmate didn't know what they were arguing about."

is that so?I thought of Zheng Shutang's worried face, that face, which was more charming and beautiful than a woman's, was full of pain and helplessness.Could it be that he pretended to be like this?Has he been acting?I can't believe it.

Si Mu said abruptly: "So? What do you want us to do when you come here today?"

Captain Zuo scratched his head in embarrassment, blushing a little: "It's just... Zheng Shutang is just a suspect, who dares to convict him of a crime after a single quarrel! It's not easy for us to search his house, so..."

"So let us enter his house to look for clues as friends?" Si Mu's voice was cool.

Captain Zuo gave a thumbs up: "As expected of Si Mu! What do you think of my proposal, Lin Feng?"

I was already very curious about Zheng Shutang's anomaly, and I immediately agreed when Captain Zuo said this.Little did I know that it was at this time that I opened the door called fear.

Moth ([-])

Sending Captain Zuo away, what should be faced the next morning will eventually be faced.

I feel a little uneasy, after all, the purpose of coming to 406 this time is not as simple as before.What I was worried about finally happened, and the finger of crime was pointed at Zheng Shutang again.My worries have not been alleviated for a long time. That mysterious "person" or "power" continues to kill and solve the residents on the fourth floor. Who will be next?I?Si Mu?I'm afraid no one can avoid this death cycle.