Cheng Wushuang's car was driving very fast, so fast that it was a hair-raising experience on this road. Not only did she almost hit someone, but she also unexpectedly ran two red lights. This was an unavoidable situation, because she was extremely fearful and just wanted to escape as quickly as possible, the farther the better.
In the morning, she found a pair of children's shoes covered in mud by the door. She thought they were brought back by her husband, but it turned out to be unexpectedly not him. Then, she threw the shoes into the trash can, but when she arrived at the company for work, she inexplicably heard that a child had followed her to the company.
After that, she was fine, but her clean coat was covered with muddy footprints, which was impossible for someone who had a bit of OCD. Moreover, she didn't have the opportunity to get dirty in the first place.
Finally, she ran into an old childhood friend in the elevator who also claimed to have seen the child. As she was about to drive away, the pair of shoes that should have been left in the trash can surprisingly reappeared inside her locked car!
Today, everything seemed to be shrouded in an eerie atmosphere, which filled her with fear, or more accurately, a chilling tremble that ran down her spine.
"Squeak!"
He stepped on the brake with a loud thud, and the car slid out several meters due to inertia. Cheng Wushuang unfastened his seatbelt and leaned against the steering wheel, panting heavily.
After a brief relief, she hastily took out her mobile phone from her body and dialed her husband Xiaofeng.
"What's wrong? I'm in a meeting at the company, talk about it later."
When she heard her husband was busy, Cheng Wushuang subconsciously wanted to hang up the phone, but the fear in her heart told her that she couldn't do so.
"Don't hang up, I'm really scared now, I think I've encountered a ghost."
This sentence was almost spoken out by Cheng Wushuang with tears, but her husband did not believe this set.
"Hit a ghost? Are you okay, there's no such thing as ghosts in this world."
"Do you still remember the shoes I asked you about this morning? I lost them on my way to work, but then they suddenly appeared in my car! And what's even weirder is that all my colleagues said there was a kid following me, but I didn't see any kid at all! This isn't spooky, what is?"
Cheng Wushuang's voice trembled with fear as he finished speaking, but on the other end of the phone came a burst of laughter:
"Haha, how can you not see through such an obvious prank? The shoes must have been secretly put in your car by someone. Have you compared the pair that appeared in your car with the one you threw away? Are you sure it's the same pair of shoes? Besides, don't you remember what day today is? It's Halloween, so they're definitely trying to scare you!"
"What's Ghost Festival?"
"Yes, isn't it popular nowadays to scare people on this day?"
Cheng Wushuang suddenly stopped talking, and those two pairs of shoes were probably the same pair, but she wasn't sure either, because as soon as she saw them, she subconsciously threw them away. Besides, if today was Ghost Festival, then the company employees would make up a non-existent child, which might also make sense.
Although Wu Qi was her childhood friend, it's been so many years since they last contacted each other that the feelings have long gone. It's not unreasonable to deceive oneself. Her car key is usually placed on the office desk, and if Zhang Secretary had a mind to, it would be easy to get hold of, so this point can also be explained. The only thing that cannot be explained is how the pair of shoes from home appeared.
"Little Shuang?"
It's been half a day since she last spoke, and Xiaofeng anxiously asked two questions:
"Hello? Are you okay?"
"I'm fine, I was just thinking about what happened this morning, maybe it's really a prank. But..."
"There's nothing to be afraid of, just think about it in the most foolish way. If there really are ghosts in this world, why can't I encounter them, and others can't either? Why is it that only you can encounter them? You haven't done anything bad, haven't harmed anyone, so even if a ghost were to appear, it shouldn't be looking for you. Am I right?"
Hearing her husband's words, Cheng Wushuang was stunned for a few seconds before responding:
"I've certainly never done anything bad!"
Then there won't be any ghosts looking for you, don't worry. Alright, I'm going to the meeting now, it's very important.
Her husband hung up the phone after finishing speaking, and Cheng Wushuang stared blankly at the phone in her hand for a few seconds. With her husband's reminder just now, some of her memories loosened.
She was lost in thought when her car window was suddenly knocked on. Hearing the sound, she quickly came back to herself and saw that the person who had knocked on her car window was a police officer.
"Are you talking about what I did wrong just now?"
Cheng Wushuang opened the car door and walked out of the car. As soon as she came out, she apologetically said to the police:
"Sorry, I was really in a hurry at that time, so I ran the red light. This is my fault, I admit it..."
Before she could finish speaking, the two police officers interrupted her:
"This matter is none of our business, we just reported it through someone else. You pushed a child off the bus, didn't you?"
"Push the child off the bus?"
Cheng Wushuang inexplicably spread out his hands and felt that the police had found the wrong person.
"Officer, have you got the wrong person? How could I possibly do something like that?"
As for Cheng Wushuang's excuses, the two policemen didn't even bother to listen, just hearing them say:
"Nowadays, there are many cases of abuse against the elderly and children, which are countless. Who looks like a criminal? So if you have something to say, let's talk about it when we get back!"
"What are you talking about! I didn't push the kid at all, you've got the wrong person!"
"If we really made a mistake, we will apologize and let you come back at that time."
“……”
With a belly full of confusion and grievances, Cheng Wushuang returned to the police station in this area with the two policemen.
"The suspect who pushed the kid has been brought back by us, and it's this company executive."
The police officer said with a hint of sarcasm, it was clear that they had handled similar cases more than once.
Upon hearing the police's words, Cheng Wushuang responded with a displeased expression:
"What's this about me being a suspect in pushing kids? You'd better make it clear what you're talking about, which kid did I push?"
"You pushed your son off the bus! I don't know how you can be so heartless as a mother, even if you're furious, you can't push your child off the bus and get off yourself. What if something happens?"
Sometimes I really doubt it, are you young people's feelings so thin? You can be so heartless to your own children!
"Yes, Deputy Director, when we found her, she still didn't admit it and had no intention of repenting at all."
Two police officers were among those who echoed the sentiment.
"What on earth are you talking about?"
Cheng Wushuang was confused, when did she push the child off the bus? And when did she have a son?
Jing Cheng refused to admit his mistake, and the deputy director immediately pulled out the surveillance video from that time. When he saw himself in the video, Jing Cheng's heart sank heavily.
My god, she saw something, and there was a child on her back. She opened the car door, and the child on her back crawled in. Not long after, she also got in. But soon, she opened the car door again and pushed the child out of the car!
"How is it possible..."
She couldn't believe that the person in the video was herself, because she remembered very clearly that at that time she had only lost a pair of shoes!
Kid! Indeed, there is a kid following me! This isn't mischief at all!
The deputy director thought she was silent, still thinking it was a default, so he didn't say anything else. His hand seemed to be holding something and came to her side, then handed it forward.
"Your kid is obedient, just now he was pleading for you, and he didn't get hurt much, so let's consider this matter settled. But don't think this will happen again! Also, go back and give that little guy a bath, change into clean clothes, or else you're not qualified to be a mother! Now you can leave!"
Cheng Wushuang stared at the deputy director in front of her as if she had seen a ghost, and then saw the deputy director come over to pull her, no, it was the air in front of her.
"This habit is not very good, don't always think about climbing on adults' bodies!"
"Ah——!"
At last, the fear that had been suppressed in her heart finally burst out completely. Cheng Wushuang let out a piercing scream and her frightened gaze began to wander around!
"I don't have a child! That's not my child, I can't see him! He doesn't exist, he doesn't exist!!!"
Cheng Yusui didn't know how she had returned, only remembering that the police suspected her of having a mental illness and were not willing to let her take the child back. But somehow, in the end, the police changed their minds and let her go, of course, along with the non-existent child!
The iron fact was already in front of her, she really ran into a ghost, and there was a ghost staring at her!
Why was the ghost following her, what did it want to do to her, all of this she had no way of knowing. In short, she was now extremely afraid, always feeling that there were a pair of invisible eyes hidden here, perhaps under the bed, perhaps behind her back, or perhaps... they were even hidden in her own body!
On the way home, she made several phone calls to her husband and told him about her subsequent experiences. At first, her husband naturally didn't believe her and was even a bit annoyed at being disturbed, but after hearing that something was wrong, he promised to come back early to accompany her and asked her to lock the doors and windows.
She knew she couldn't see it with her eyes, but the camera could capture it, so on her way back, she kept taking pictures of her surroundings with her phone. What reassured her was that it didn't appear by her side.
The first thing she did after returning was to close all the windows in the house and lock all the door locks. Then she repeatedly checked every corner of the house until she was sure that those shoes had not mixed in.
Even so, she was still terribly afraid in her heart, always feeling that something was wrong at home, as if there was something not quite right. However, she didn't dare to think about it too much, she just wanted her husband to come back quickly, or even find someone to accompany her and chat with her, but who could she find?