C4

Name:Nether Sea Author:Qi Lian
He could be considered a reputable person. However, ever since Fourth Aunt divorced him, he had never returned home, and only stayed in the backyard of his shop.

When I arrived, the whole shop was in darkness, only the dim light of the street lamps gave the atmosphere an extreme oppressiveness.

I knocked on the door, and when no one answered, I called again, but the phone was turned off, and I had no idea what the old man was up to, so I took the spare key he had given me from my pocket and opened the door.

Walking past the shop to the backyard, there was a small courtyard on the second floor. There was light coming from the rooms on the second floor, and one could vaguely see a shadow of a person. It should be Fourth Uncle.

"Fourth Uncle! Fourth Uncle! "

I shouted a few times downstairs, but there was no reply from upstairs. I suddenly felt uneasy and quickly stomped up to the second floor.

There was no light in the corridor on the second floor. I turned on the flashlight on my phone and walked to the door, but just as I was about to push it open, the light in the room suddenly went out. It was completely dark, and my heart tightened as I grabbed my phone with one hand and picked up the door rod with the other.

It was pitch black inside the house. Borrowing the light from the cell phone, I could see a figure with his back facing me, squatting in front of an antique dressing mirror. The figure's posture was extremely weird, as though he was a Hanged Ghost who was holding onto his leg, giving off an uncomfortable feeling, but from his back, I could see that he was without a doubt Fourth Uncle.

I heaved a sigh of relief and put down the door rod. "I couldn't reach you on the phone, so I told you not to say anything. I thought something had happened to you."

Fourth Uncle did not say anything, his body was stiff and motionless, he continued to stare at himself in the mirror, as if he was possessed, causing goosebumps to form on his skin.

I gulped. "What's wrong with you?" Didn't the numbers come out? "What does that mean?"

But Fourth Uncle still did not speak, and remained motionless.

My heart suddenly thumped, my heart said something was wrong, and I immediately went towards the Fourth Uncle. But just as I was about to take two steps, a bell sound suddenly exploded in my ears, and I hastily looked at my phone. There was actually someone calling me, so I subconsciously glanced at the screen.

The phone call was actually from Fourth Uncle!

Instinctively, I looked up at Fourth Uncle. His hands were hanging by his waist and he didn't have any extra hands to make calls. But what was the matter with the phone?

Could it be that there was something that the Fourth Uncle needed to rely on just their phone to communicate with others?

I picked up the phone and said snappily, "What the hell are you doing?"

On the phone, Fourth Uncle's gloomy voice came out: "What are you doing? Where are you? "

I raised my head doubtfully to look at Fourth Uncle, who was still standing stiffly in front of the antique mirror. He didn't even hear the sound of his voice, causing a wave of fear to rise up from my heart as I asked in a trembling voice, "Aren't I standing right behind you?"

Fourth Uncle's voice exploded on the phone: "Bullshit, I'm almost home from the car, when did you come to stand behind me?"

"What?" "You're not home yet?"

I shouted in fear and raised my head to look at Fourth Uncle. I felt a chill on my back and a chill run through my entire body.

If Fourth Uncle is talking to me on the phone, then who is this Fourth Uncle in front of me?

A ghost?

I was frozen in place, my entire body shaking like a sieve. The Fourth Uncle's nervous voice came out from the phone: "Bastard, what's wrong?"

I trembled as I said, "Fourth Uncle, I have you right in front of me!"

Fourth Uncle asked in shock: "You saw me?"

My voice trembled as I said, "It's in your store."

Fourth Uncle apparently understood and said anxiously: "Sanjin, calm down a bit, and think of a way to stall for time. Don't hang up, I'll be there in five minutes."

What was there to delay for? Who wouldn't run away in this situation?

I was about to step back, but before I could take two steps back, a soft voice came from the house. "Hang up!"

When I heard this sound, an explosion went off in my head, and my face turned ashen and my scalp went numb!

F * ck, the tone of her voice sounded childish. It was not the voice of an adult, but the words of a two or three year old girl. Fuck, there aren't even any women in Fourth Uncle, not to mention a little girl.

"I told you to hang up!"

I could hear it clearly. It came from Fourth Uncle in front of me, I turned around and fled, my face pale, but I did not expect the Fourth Uncle behind me to be even faster. With a leap, he rushed in front of me, blocking my path.

"Give me the thing?"

I ignored her and took advantage of the darkness to walk to the counter. I grabbed a screwdriver and shouted angrily, "Who cares if you're a human or a ghost! I'll kill you!"

Puff! I felt the screwdriver stab into the shadow's body, but it didn't feel any pain. It kicked my wrist and sent the screwdriver flying. Then, it rushed forward and bellowed, "Give me the thing!"

The voice was still that of a little girl, but I felt as if I was crying like a ghost. I didn't know what she wanted, but just at this moment, the door downstairs was kicked open with a bang, Fourth Uncle's nervous voice sounded out: "Bastard, where are you?"

I was about to open my mouth to say something, but the figure before me slapped my face, and dashed out of the room with surprising speed. When I chased after him again, he was already gone.

I once again found my phone and turned on the light. Only then did Fourth Uncle stumble his way up the stairs. He saw me sitting on the floor with a pale face and asked hurriedly, "Are you alright?"

I waved my hand. "If you had half a minute more, I would have gone to meet all of you on the Road to River Styx!"

Fourth Uncle's face changed as he asked, "Did you clearly see who it was?"

"I can't see clearly, it's about the same when you're wearing your clothes, but the strange thing is …" I gulped and continued. "It's strange that the voice he spoke was that of a child's."

"A child's voice?"

Just as he was about to say something, he suddenly saw the ground and his expression changed once again. After that, he stretched out his palm and made a gesture on the ground.

I was stunned. I didn't know what he saw, but just as I wanted to look out, Fourth Uncle suddenly asked, "Did you see his face clearly?"

I recalled hesitantly saying, "I didn't see it clearly. When we first went upstairs, he was squatting in front of your antique dressing mirror and was still wearing your clothes. I first thought that it was you, but now that I think about it, the lights weren't turned on in the room and his face in the mirror was also blurry."

Fourth Uncle frowned and asked again: "Are you sure your body is similar to me?"

Fourth Uncle was not very tall, with a slightly hunched back and was a bit thin. That person's body was indeed similar to Fourth Uncle, but there was one possibility, which was that the person was intentionally disguising himself as Fourth Uncle.

"What exactly do you want to ask?" Seeing that Fourth Uncle was asking a strange question, he asked a question in reply.

Fourth Uncle moved to the side. I saw that his face was as pale as paper. With a trembling voice, he pointed to the ground and said.

For so many years, the Fourth Uncle has always been a place where people fear him. I have never seen him being afraid of others, I have never seen him with such a terrified expression on his face.

However, with just one look, I screamed out in fear and almost threw my phone away …