13 last bus 2

Chapter 2 Invisible Last Train

Seeing Chen Chen staring at the photo thoughtfully, Niu Jun asked curiously:

"Why are you frowning, do you know him?"

Chen Chen tilted his head: "This man looks like the uncle who chatted with me in the car tonight."

"Uncle what? Aren't the people who took the last bus of yours all from our unit?"

"Usually there are very few strangers, but I don't know any of the people in the car tonight. That person has worked in the workshop of our factory!"

Niu Jun put his hands on Chen Chen's shoulders with a relieved expression when he heard this, "Then the case will be solved, he'll fall into it."

"Impossible, he said he was a member of the batch in [-]! How many years have passed!" Chen Chen muttered in disbelief.

Staring at the photo in his hand, although he felt like him, the car was dark with no lights on at the time, and he couldn't be sure that he had made a mistake. Chen Chen simply put the photo in his pocket, thinking that he would meet again in the car later. Him, ask in person.

It wasn't the pair of Sun who ate the photo in the ice cream, he just acted like he had nothing to do with it, and urged Chen Chen to quickly debug the machine.

Niu Jun also hastily comforted a few words, and went back with ice cream in his hand.

Usually the machine is not malfunctioning, so there is not much work. At 01:30 at night, there are basically no tasks. After checking the equipment, Chen Chen went out to take a breath, and squatted under the big willow tree in the yard to smoke.

I just took a puff of this cigarette, and before I could spit out the smoke, I found that the cigarette was gone. After smoking for more than ten years, this is the first time I have encountered such a situation. There was a heart-rending pain in his buttocks, he turned his head hastily, and saw a big black wolfhound coming out of nowhere behind him, biting his butt pocket!
Chen Chen was taken aback by this ignorance, the dog seemed to see a bone, lowered its head and kept moaning, no matter how hard he patted the dog's head, he would not let it go.

One person and one dog stood in a stalemate for a long time, but fortunately someone pushed the door out of the workshop, and the black dog ran away in a hurry.

I always heard that the old man Zhong in the warehouse had several dogs, but they were usually locked in cages, why did they come out to play wild?
Chen Chen was inexplicably bitten by a dog. He was in a bad mood and lost the interest in smoking. Angrily, he sent a message to Niu Jun, asking him to notify Old Man Zhong to come here to look for the dog tomorrow. After rubbing his butt, he returned to the equipment room.

After returning from the night shift, Chen Chen fell asleep until two o'clock in the afternoon the next day, only to be woken up by a text message from Niu Jun. The content was concise and to the point, only a few short words:
Old man Zhong said he didn't lose the dog.

Chen Chen was sleepy, cursed, threw the phone aside, and continued to sleep.I don't know why, but in the past few days, he has always felt physically exhausted, and he couldn't rest no matter how much he slept. When he opened his eyes again, it was already dark. After getting up and packing his things, he had a simple bite, and it was time to go to work again.

Caishi South Street is an old neighborhood. Most of the old people live in this area, and there are no entertainment venues. The restaurants close early. At ten o'clock at night, there is no one on the street except Chen Chen.

Chen Chen leaned against the bus stop sign and dozed off, as if he hadn't gotten enough sleep after nearly ten hours of sleep.Just like yesterday, the last train finally appeared at 10:30.

To Chen Chen's surprise, the lights were still not turned on in the carriage today, which didn't matter, but the heating wasn't even turned on.Chen Chen still couldn't help asking:
"Master, is the heater broken?"

I don't know if the driver heard or not. He lowered his head in the dark cab and didn't intend to answer at all.

Chen Chen was a little angry, so he raised his voice and asked again: "Master, let me ask you if this car is broken? Why don't you turn on the heater every day?"

The driver still didn't speak, and the atmosphere was a bit awkward. He was about to get angry when he suddenly heard a burst of joyful laughter from the back of the carriage.

Turning around to look, there was a seven or eight-year-old girl sitting in the last row.In the middle of the night, Chen Chen really didn't want to make trouble, so he gave the driver a blank look and headed into the carriage.

This little girl is not tall, with playful double ponytails and not much clothing, making people feel cold just looking at her.Chen Chen sat down beside her, and the little girl didn't dare to continue laughing, and put her two little hands in her pockets to calm down.

In the past two days, it was really strange. I always met some strangers in the car. Chen Chen looked at the little girl and asked her in a low voice, "Are you yourself?"

The little girl seemed a little shy, she didn't dare to turn her head to look at Chen Chen, but nodded slightly.Seeing that she was carrying a schoolbag, Chen Chen guessed that she might have attended some cram school, and asked:
"It's so late in the car by yourself, and your parents won't pick you up?"

The little girl just shook her head again.Seeing that she was a little reserved, Chen Chen felt that she probably regarded himself as a bad person, so he stopped talking to her. There was no heating in the car, and seeing her shivering in the cold felt a little pitiful, so he took off his down jacket and put it on the little girl:

"It's cold in the car, so wear more clothes when you go out in the future!"

The little girl didn't refuse either, she pursed her lips, and shrank her whole body into the down jacket like a snail.

The car stopped again not long after, and two people wearing military coats came up. These two people looked familiar, and they had seen each other at this time yesterday. They were tall and short, and there was no movement after getting on the car. sat down in a position.Chen Chen thought of the uncle who talked with him all the way last night, and he didn't know if he would show up today. The photo of eating ice cream was still in his pocket.

With the rhythmic bumps along the way, Chen Chen fell asleep in a daze. When he woke up, he found that there were two more elderly people in the car. They looked very tired and sat far away, but they were wearing exactly the same black coat. padded jacket.

In this generation, no one would go out as soon as it got dark, but today there are so many people in the car!And it is too uncommon for the elderly to go out alone at this time.

Chen Chen yawned and was staring curiously, when the little girl next to him suddenly reached out and touched him.Chen Chen came back to his senses, turned to look at her and asked:

"What's the matter kid?"

The little girl jumped down from the seat and pointed out the window with her little finger.

"What? Do you want to get out of the car?"

Seeing her nodding, Chen Chen led her to the rear door and rang the bell.Seeing the rear door open, the little girl grabbed Chen Chen's clothes tightly and jumped down like crazy.Chen Chen was almost dragged by her and barely held the car door.

"Cough, what are you doing, I haven't arrived yet?"

But the little girl was still relentless, and desperately dragged him under the car.Chen Chen didn't know why, seeing that the child was really determined, he had no choice but to follow her out of the car.

There was no village or shop behind this location, it was pitch black and white all around, and it was not even half the way to the company.If you miss the last train, you have to walk to the factory.

"What are you doing?" Chen Chen glanced into the distance, and felt desperate when he saw the car closed and driving away.

The little girl stared at Chen Chen for a while with a tense face before asking, "Uncle, have you seen my dog?"

After finishing speaking, without waiting for his answer, he quickly took off the down jacket on his body, stuffed it into Chen Chen's arms, turned his head and ran away.

This series of weird behaviors is really confusing. Chen Chen suddenly remembered the black dog that bit someone while smoking last night, and wondered if the little girl ran out in the middle of the night because the family dog ​​was lost. ?

After thinking about it, he put on his clothes again, sighed heavily, and hurried forward on foot.

It was cold and the road was difficult to walk. By the time Chen Chen arrived at the factory, it was past midnight.After stepping into the compound, he breathed a sigh of relief, when he suddenly heard someone shouting from behind: "Chen Chen?"

Chen Chen looked back and saw that it was Sun and his wife. Just like yesterday, he was holding the motorcycle with both hands, his face was swollen from the cold wind!
Sun Na didn't know where the nameless fire came from. After confirming that it was him, he threw the motorcycle casually and rushed over with his fists. Maybe he was too anxious, and before he hit anyone, his feet slipped and his butt fell. Into the snowdrift on the side of the road.

Chen Chen straddled Bu Liang and walked all the way, his anger was also high. Seeing him making such a fuss, he didn't rush up to help him, and asked in a low voice, "Why the hell are you crazy?"

Sun Na was short, and they crawled out of the snowdrift with difficulty, with snow rubbing everywhere on their red and swollen faces, pointing at Chen Chen and still not letting go: "Your uncle, you are playing with me, why are you saying that the last train has not stopped yet?" , I believe your nonsense, look at me and freeze me!"

Chen Chen felt strange, frowned and replied, "It has nothing to do with me that you didn't take the car. It's true that the service is not out of service. I passed by my house at 10:30, and I still took the car today."

"Fart!" Nai Sun wiped his nose with his cuff, "I waited under the stop sign from 09:30 to [-] o'clock, let alone the bus, not even a single wheel passed by on that road!"

(End of this chapter)