He didn't dare to move.
His whole body was stiff and his forehead was covered with cold sweat.
She slowly turned her head.
Behind her was nothing but emptiness.
She did not know when the wardrobe's door had closed.
The room was as silent as the dead silence.
Not a single sound could be heard.
"Coo!" He swallowed a mouthful of saliva with difficulty.
He did not have the courage to open the door again.
His legs felt weak and he dragged himself to the bed and picked up her.
I forced a smile and coaxed my little niece, "Qian Qian, go to sleep with uncle.
We'll go to the amusement park when it's dawn."
As I spoke, my eyes were fixed on the wardrobe, afraid that something would pop out of it.
I waited for a long time, but my nephew didn't say anything.
I turned my head doubtfully and saw my nephew sitting on the bed, staring at me blankly.
I was stunned.
I felt a chill down my spine, and my teeth were chattering.
I turned my stiff head to the thing I was holding.
A doll with no eyes was wrapped around my neck.
It opened its mouth, and the stitches on it were torn long.
Its neck was almost broken into two parts, and it was facing backwards.
The puppet's body was greasy, and it smelled bad.
I didn't know if it was my illusion, but I always felt that it was staring at me with eyes without eyeballs.
"Uncle...
Uncle..." Qian Qian hid under the covers.
She covered her head and did not dare to come out.
The air was getting colder and colder.
I was so cold that my hands and feet didn't listen to anything.
I held the rag doll stiffly, trying to throw it away, but my body couldn't move at all.
"Clang!
Clang!"
The closet in Qian Qian's hand trembled.
The cabinet door creaked and shook.
It seemed as if something was about to emerge.
I stared at the wardrobe door.
The sweat on my body had already soaked through my clothes and stuck to my body.
"Clang clang clang...
clang clang clang...
clang clang clang..."
The sound became louder and faster, and even the cabinet trembled with the noise.
The cabinet door bulged and sank, and cracks gradually appeared.
With a "Dong", one of the cabinet doors cracked open, and the other fell off and smashed onto the floor.
The room instantly fell silent.
A ray of sunlight shone through the window onto his niece's bed.
It was dawn...
I tried to move my stiff hands and feet, and immediately threw the rag doll on the ground, ready to take it out in the daytime to throw it away.
At this moment, the quilt that Qian Qian tucked in suddenly shriveled up and became flat on the bed.
My heart tightened.
I took a stride and stood at the head of the bed.
I lifted the blanket and found that there was nothing on the bed.
Qian Qian was gone!
"Qian Qian!" I yelled anxiously.
I threw the blanket onto the ground and even lifted it up with the mattress.
I lay on the ground and the bed was empty.
Qian Qian was not inside.
I was extremely anxious, like an ant on a hot pan.
I quickly scanned the place in the room where people could be found, and finally locked on to the broken wardrobe.
"Qian Qian, are you inside?" I moved over carefully.
I pushed away her shirt with my hand and huddled her slender body into a ball.
She stared at me in horror and her face was filled with tears.
"Uncle...
I'm scared!"
I immediately picked up her and comforted her softly, "Qian Qian, don't be afraid.
Uncle is here.
It's alright."
"Sob...
Uncle, why did you lock Qian Qian in the wardrobe?
Don't you like me?" Qian Qian asked as she cried aggrievedly.
There was a buzz in my head.
I turned around and stared at Qian Qian.
"You said you were in the closet the night before!"
Qian Qian was shocked by me and cried even louder.
"Uncle's bad, I want Mother.
Uncle's bullying me."
A chill rose from the soles of her feet.
If Qian Qian had been in the wardrobe last night, then who was on the bed?
I did not dare to turn around.
I immediately carried her out of the bedroom.
I only heaved a sigh of relief when I saw the sunlight outside.
I put her aside and squatted down.
I asked softly, "Qian Qian, Uncle likes you.
He didn't abandon you.
Tell him where you were last night and what did you do?"
"Is it true?"
I nodded with certainty and said, "There was a bad person who locked up Qian Qian last night.
Uncle came to save you."
"Last night, uncle coaxed me to sleep and said that he wanted to play hide-and-seek with me.
I hid it in the closet.
Then, I fell asleep and did not know anything.
Later, uncle came to my room and thought that he was here to find Qian Qian.
In the end, uncle, you stood by the bed and muttered to yourself, even smashing the closet..."
Her voice grew softer and softer.
She almost buried her head in her drowsiness.
In the end, she did not even dare to look up at me.
When I heard what she said, I felt a chill run down my spine.
According to her, I had been talking to a non-existent "Qian Qian" last night?
Qian Qian had been playing games with an invisible "uncle" as well?
The sun had already risen, but I was still shaking.
I didn't feel better, and I even felt colder.
I did not dare to return to Qian Qian's home.
I brought her to a chair by the road and sat down.
Then, I took out my phone and called my sister.
"Sorry, the number you dialed is an empty number.
Please call again later..."
I looked at the number and found that there was nothing wrong with it.
It was my sister's number.
I called again, or an empty number.
I called again, or...
After fighting three times, I gave up.
I felt that I and Qian Qian must have encountered something strange.
I had always been contemptuous of these things, but the incident last night could not be explained by science.
The sudden drop in temperature and the non-existent people all indicated that the room behind had become unusual, at least it could not be guessed by common sense.
Since he had no money, he had to go back to his house sooner or later.
I remembered there was a great immortal who often gave people fortune telling under a bridge nearby.
I gritted my teeth and made up my mind.
"I'm afraid we have no choice but to stick to it."
I took my little niece to the foot of the bridge.
Both of us were wearing pajamas, which attracted a lot of people's attention, but now I couldn't care too much.
The great deity was still there, eyes blindfolded, behind his back a banner, the word 'life' written on it.
The two of us explained the purpose of our visit.
His expression turned solemn and he asked, "Little brother, could you tell us if we feel the air turning cold, our bodies becoming stiff, or if we're hallucinating?"
I nodded.
The great deity's expression became graver.
He waved his hand and said, "I can't handle this.
You can go."
"Great deity!" I was anxious.
It was about noon, so I pleaded, "It's fine if I'm an adult.
She's just a child and can't stay home for a long time."
The big fairy looked struggled.
He looked up at me and then at my niece.
He said with some struggle, "You must have provoked something unclean.
You will know where the problem is after you see it clearly, but..."
Before he could finish his words, I immediately replied, "Don't worry.
Money is not a problem!"
"It's not about money." The great deity shook his head, gave me a deep look, and then said, "I want something on you."