When I opened my eyes again, I was already lying on a comfortable bed. I wiped the sweat from my forehead and sat up, looking around in confusion.


    "Awake?" The bedroom door was pushed open, and a 1.9-meter-tall man in a well-dressed suit walked in. Although his appearance was blurry, I would remember it. "Second Uncle?"


    When my grandfather threw me out, he clearly told me to go to J District, T City to find Ge Tao, and let Ge Tao find my second uncle. Why did my second uncle suddenly appear? Thinking of the doll brother I saw before I fainted, I couldn''t help shaking all over. I climbed down from the bed without fear and grabbed my second uncle''s legs: "Uncle, have you seen a clay doll? Where did you save me?"


    My second uncle looked at me strangely: "Are you tired and stupid? When I saw you, you were by the river. Where was the doll next to you?"


    I was puzzled and urged my second uncle to save grandpa. My second uncle said in a muffled voice: "You rest first, I''ll prepare the tools. You can''t save Dad this way. We''ll go on the road tomorrow."


    Although I was anxious, I knew that what my second uncle said was right. I immediately lay back on the bed. My second uncle stood at the door and looked at me without moving. I looked at my second uncle curiously: "Uncle, why don''t you go home? Is this wooden house yours?"


    My second uncle nodded and didn''t answer. I felt bored, sleepy and tired, and fell asleep soon.


    When I woke up again, I was awakened by a rustling sound. I couldn''t fall asleep, so I simply opened the bedroom door and went out to find a glass of water. This was a wooden house with two bedrooms and a living room. There was light in the living room, and there were two candles on the wooden table, dimly lit. There was a rustling sound coming from the house opposite. I knew that someone was looking for my second uncle, but it was strange that someone would come to my house so late. I didn''t want to disturb them, so I had to pour myself a glass of water and drink it. There was a tattered newspaper on the table weighed down by the candlestick. I put the cup on the table and replaced the newspaper in my hand. The title "Submerged Truck in Deep Mountains and Old Forests" attracted my attention. After reading it, I found that it was a black car that had a brake failure and rushed into the water. The person was dead, and his body was broken by the huge force, with only a point connected, which was no different from a dismembered body. Although the picture in the news report was partially mosaiced, I could be sure that it was exactly the same car I had just ridden in. I gasped, my hands shook, and the newspaper fell to the ground. The date on the newspaper was seven days ago.


    The more I thought about it, the more scared I became. I ran to my second uncle''s room and knocked on the door quickly: "Second uncle."


    At the same time, the rustling voices inside suddenly disappeared. My second uncle didn''t open the door for a long time. I didn''t care about anything else and pushed the door open. There was no one in the room, only two candlesticks with white candles on them. There was a black and white photo between the two candles. My second uncle''s familiar face hit my eyes. My throat was dry and I couldn''t speak. I almost cried. It felt like there were stones under my feet and I couldn''t move. Is my second uncle dead? I didn''t dare to believe it, and I didn''t dare to think about it. I walked towards the coffin with my head held high. When I got to the side of the coffin, my whole body was numb and my back was cold. A baby brother suddenly came into my sight. I wanted to cry but couldn''t. It was the baby brother again. Why was the baby brother in my second uncle''s coffin? No, where is my second uncle!


    My mind was in a mess. What happened at that time was far beyond the processing ability of a seven-year-old child. I don''t know how I rushed out of the wooden house, and I don''t know if anyone chased me. I only remember the whistling wind in my ears and the excessive fatigue. When I rushed out of the road, I collapsed on the side of the road. Although it was late at night, there were still vehicles. I rested for a long time before I started to stop cars on the side of the road with my little hands: "I want to go to T City."


    Almost no car stopped. Occasionally, one or two cars asked me if I had money first. I could only shake my head. In the heavy area, I basically didn''t need money. When I came out, my grandfather only put a carving knife in my pocket. I walked to the side of the road dejectedly and sat down, trying to save some strength and try again in the morning when there were more cars. While thinking, I looked back to see if anyone was chasing me. Suddenly, my grandfather''s words came to my mind: Never come back again, remember, never again!


    But why?


    "Here''s the money." Suddenly, a little boy appeared in front of me, wearing a gray robe, holding a thick stack of money in his little hand, which was still blue hundred-yuan bills at that time.


    I didn''t dare to take it. The little boy took my hand and stuffed the money into my hand, then pointed to the old man sitting on the ground not far to the right who was also wearing a gray robe: "Take it, my master asked me to tell you something."


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    "What?" I looked at the thick money in my hand, and my heart was warmed and I squeezed out a smile that I thought was gentle.


    "The pearl is covered with dust, turned into the underworld, and was overturned into the ups and downs." The little boy sighed in a serious manner, "In the face of disaster, meeting is fate, just take this thousand yuan and leave, and we will meet again someday. Oh, by the way, the master said, you don''t have to go, just go wherever you should go."


    I bowed to the old man in a gray robe sitting on the ground in the distance, turned around and left. My grandfather told me to be decisive since I was a child. I never hesitate about choices, and I will never regret it once I choose.


    I got a taxi with 1,000 yuan. Since I didn''t know the exact address, I could only ask the driver to drop me off at the entrance of the J District Police Station. The policeman asked what happened, and I could only say that I was separated from my father, and my father was Ge Tao. Unexpectedly, the person who came to pick me up was an old man who was nearly 60 years old.


    He saw me puzzled: "You said I was your father?"


    I didn''t say anything either, but just took out my grandfather''s carving knife and put it in Ge Tao''s hand. Ge Tao was about to speak, but he was stunned when he looked at the carving knife.


    "Chen... Chen..." Chen said for a long time but didn''t say anything. He squatted on the ground and started to cry uncontrollably. I couldn''t help crying when I heard Ge Tao crying. The two of us cried for more than an hour, and no one paid attention to each other, which made the police station at a loss. Later, I thought that maybe everyone thought we were weird and crazy at the time. Whose family lost their children and found them together and cried? I have never seen them crying separately.


    Later, Ge Tao cried enough, wiped his tears, and hugged me. His hair was gray and his eyes were cloudy. He said something that I will remember for the rest of my life: "Follow Lao Ge in the future. Where I am, you can have a foothold. Come on, kid, go home and tell me what happened."


    It was already five o''clock in the evening when I arrived at Lao Ge''s house. Lao Ge didn''t know how to cook, but his house was quite big. Later, Lao Ge introduced himself and I learned the inside story. It turned out that he was my grandfather''s comrade-in-arms. During the civil war, the two of them made contributions. Later, my grandfather was assigned to a special heavy area as a civilian, while Lao Ge chose to go into business and do some small business. Now he is also a wealthy family: "Girl, I tell you this to reassure you. I want to know how Lao Chen died at that time."


    Lao Ge began to sob again: "He must be dead. Lao Chen knows my phone number. It''s daytime now. If nothing happened, he would have called to report safety."


    I Hearing this, she also started crying and explained the whole story. Lao Ge immediately grasped the key point: "Have you checked the family background of Jiang?"


    I shook my head: "I don''t know."


    Lao Ge sighed: "That baby brother was originally an evil thing. He died when the four olds were destroyed. The two strings of numbers you just mentioned can be used to calculate that the child in the coffin is eight months old, and he is a dead baby. Fortunately, he died before he came into the world, otherwise..."


    Lao Ge looked at me with fear: "You and Old Chen will all die on the spot. You are also a girl with a miserable life. Your fate is very light. Keep this carving knife with you and never leave it. If you see any dirty things in the future, remember to tell me! Hey... What is coming will come!"


    I listened to Lao Ge''s instructions with a puzzled look. I didn''t know what the dirty things he was talking about were. Lao Ge was worried and said he would go out to buy some food and arranged a small room for me to rest before leaving.


    After Lao Ge left, I sat up. Although I was young, I felt that these things were deliberately framed. The culprit was Jiang. But why did Jiang bring the baby brother to my house and kill his own son? I racked my brains but couldn''t figure it out. I remembered what Lao Ge said, took out the carving knife, and then found a ball of red thread, twisted the red thread into a rope and made a live button to hang around my neck, and then lay down with peace of mind.


    When I woke up again, I only smelled the fragrance of rice. Lao Ge was sitting next to me, with tears in his eyes. Seeing that I woke up, he wiped it without leaving a trace, and then handed the rice to me for me to eat. He was pretty good to me, but I never told him about my second uncle. As for what the little boy told me, I didn''t take it to heart at all.


    Lao Ge was a businessman, and his work was very busy. He had to go on business trips from time to time. I didn''t stay at home for half a month before he said he would go out for a week. Before leaving, he hired a nanny for me and told me not to go out after 8 o''clock in the evening.


    The nanny who stayed with me was named Liu, an old lady in her sixties, who loved to laugh. Every day, besides cooking for me, she would tell me how well-behaved her granddaughter was. I also liked her granddaughter very much and said that we could be friends if we had the chance. Granny Liu was very happy to hear that.


    The night before Lao Ge came back, Granny Liu suddenly received a call from home and burst into tears. I hurriedly asked what happened?


    She wiped her tears and said: "The child is sick and has a high fever, but you can''t leave someone here. I am worried about leaving you at home."


    I was anxious at the moment: "I will go with you."


    When I went out, I just felt that the sky was a little dark, and I didn''t pay attention to the time at all. Granny Liu led the way while crying, and I comforted her beside her, but the more we walked, the more we strayed, and finally we arrived at the edge of a forest.


    I stopped timidly: "Grandma Liu, did we go the wrong way?"


    "No." She sobbed, "My family is poor, and we live in the village behind this forest. Are you scared, girl? If you are, don''t go in."


    "I''m not scared!" I patted my chest and followed her in. The forest was not as dark as I imagined. The forest surrounded a small hill. The hill was undulating and concave in the middle. The arc was particularly like the outline of an eye.