华灯初上，叶蔓姗孤零零的走在繁华拥挤的街道上，显得和世界分外的格格不入。她顶着一头如墨的长发，偏大的校服罩在有些瘦弱的身躯上，显得松松垮垮。周围人来人往，谁也没有多看这个瘦弱的小丫头一眼。
When the lights came on, Ye Manshan walked alone on the bustling and crowded street, looking extremely out of place with the world. She has long ink-like hair, and the oversized school uniform looks loose on her thin body. There were people coming and going around, and no one took a second look at this thin little girl.
她惨兮兮的小脸上，大大的眼睛水汪汪的透露着些许的心虚。这群该死的妮子，好端端的非要讲什么鬼故事，吓得她都不敢回家了，只能在人多的地方晃悠。她家门口有条长长的巷子，两侧载满了郁郁葱葱的小树，不是柳树就是槐树的，只要一入夜，在昏黄的路灯下，各个张牙舞爪，展露着斑驳的光影。秋末本来白天就短，她本身胆子也不大，每天都是一老早就窜回了家。可今天朋友过生日，几个人一疯起来什么都忘得一干二净。直到她们讲鬼故事的时候。她才终于回想起来。
Her miserable little face and big watery eyes revealed a little guilt. This group of **** girls insisted on telling ghost stories so frightened that she didn’t dare to go home, so she could only wander around in crowded places. There is a long alley in front of her house, with lush young trees on both sides, either willow or locust tree, as soon as night falls, under the dim street lamps, each of them barks their teeth and claws, revealing mottled light and shadow. At the end of autumn, the days are short, and she is not very courageous, so she rushes back home early in the morning every day. But today was my friend’s birthday, and when they went crazy, they forgot everything. Until they tell ghost stories. She finally remembered.
你真是笨死了！明明胆子就小，还非要逞强！鬼故事听完了吧！吓得不敢回家了吧！活该！
You are so stupid! Even if you are timid, you still have to be brave! The ghost story is over! Too scared to go home now! deserve it!
她自言自语的再次回到巷子口，盯着好似深不见底的巷子，深深的叹了口气。
Mumbling to herself, she returned to the entrance of the alley again, stared at the bottomless alley, and sighed deeply.
她知道就让瑶瑶陪她一起回来了。那样也不至于在街上徘徊了近一个小时。她踢了踢脚边的小石子。使劲咬了咬牙。抓起书包冲进了巷子深处。
When she knew it, she asked Yaoyao to come back with her. That way I wouldn’t have wandered the streets for nearly an hour. She kicked the pebbles near her feet. He gritted his teeth hard. He grabbed his schoolbag and rushed into the depths of the alley.
街边的阴影处，一个少年缓缓踱步而出，他嚼着口香糖，注视着叶蔓姗奔跑的背影，直到她消失在自家的院子门口。他抓起书包往肩上一甩，再次消失在阴影里。留下的，只有巷子口地上的一滩血迹。他插在裤兜里的左手不住的细微颤抖着。一滴滴鲜红的血液顺着裤脚砸在地面上。跟随着少年的脚步画出了一条长长的血线。
From the shadow of the street, a young man slowly walked out, chewing gum, watching Ye Manshan’s running back until she disappeared at the gate of his own yard. He grabbed his schoolbag and threw it over his shoulder, before disappearing into the shadows again. All that was left was a pool of blood on the ground at the entrance of the alley. His left hand in his trouser pocket was trembling slightly. Drops of bright red blood hit the ground along the trousers. Following in the boy’s footsteps, a long line of blood was drawn.
那年，他十二，她七岁。
At that time, he was twelve and she was seven.
“瑶瑶，瑶瑶！”叶蔓姗摇晃着路瑶的胳膊，满脸的期待，“说好了，今天一定要陪我回家。”
“Yaoyao, Yaoyao!” Ye Manshan shook Lu Yao’s arm, her face full of anticipation, “It’s agreed, you must accompany me home today.”
“知道了知道了，真是受不了你！”路瑶一脸嫌弃的表情，眼底却带着一丝宠溺。“都二十了，还这么胆小。不就讲了几个鬼故事嘛！”
“I know, I know, I really can’t stand you!” Lu Yao had a disgusted expression on her face, but there was a hint of doting in her eyes. “I’m already twenty, and I’m still so timid. Didn’t I just tell a few ghost stories!”
“……”叶蔓姗一脸委屈的看着路瑶，一言不发。
“…” Ye Manshan looked at Lu Yao with an aggrieved expression, without saying a word.
“好了好了！陪我去买几件衣服，晚点送你回家！这样行了吧！”路瑶伸出指头，轻轻点着叶蔓姗的脑门儿，“死妮子怎么就长不大呢！”
“Okay, okay! Accompany me to buy some clothes, and I’ll take you home later! That’s fine!” Lu Yao stretched out her finger, and lightly tapped Ye Manshan’s forehead, “How can you be a dead girl?” It won’t grow up!”
“嘿嘿！”二十岁的叶蔓姗依旧很胆小，虽然她已经出落成大姑娘了，“还是瑶瑶你最好了！”
“Hey!” Twenty-year-old Ye Manshan was still very timid, even though she had already grown into a big girl, “You are the best, Yaoyao!”
“别给我灌迷魂汤，老娘我可不吃这套，老样子，学校食堂一顿。请提前支付。”
“Don’t feed me the ecstasy soup, my old lady, I don’t want to eat this, as usual, I will eat in the school cafeteria. Please pay in advance.”
“不行，送我回家，明天支付！”叶蔓姗撅着小嘴，一脸的坚决。
“No, take me home and pay tomorrow!” Ye Manshan pouted her lips with determination.
“好好，随你便，反正也不怕你跑了！”路瑶伸手拉住叶蔓姗的小脸，狠狠地揉捏了一番，这才心满意足的放下了手。
“Okay, do whatever you want, I’m not afraid of you running away anyway!” Lu Yao stretched out her hand to grab Ye Manshan’s small face, kneaded it hard, and then put down her hand in satisfaction.
夜，缓慢的降临。
Night is coming slowly.
叶蔓姗紧紧地抓着路瑶的衣角，跟在她身后缓缓地走着。
Ye Manshan tightly grasped the corner of Lu Yao’s clothes, and walked slowly behind her.
“我说姗姗，你说这世界上真的有鬼吗？”路瑶的高跟鞋与地面碰撞着，发出有节奏的‘哒哒’声。
“Shanshan, do you think there are ghosts in this world?” Lu Yao’s high heels collided with the ground, making a rhythmic ‘da da’ sound.
“不，不知道。”叶蔓姗听到路瑶又聊起了这个话题，瞬间整个人都感觉不好了。
“No, I don’t know.” Ye Manshan felt bad when she heard Lu Yao talking about this topic again.
“我觉得有！”路瑶肯定的点了点头，“这世界上太多科学解释不了的事了。再说了，要是世上没鬼，哪来那么多闲人有事儿没事儿编鬼故事吓人啊！”
“I think so!” Lu Yao nodded affirmatively, “There are too many things in this world that cannot be explained by science. Besides, if there were no ghosts in the world, why would there be so many idle people who have nothing to do and make up ghost stories?” Scary!”
叶蔓姗猛地打了个激灵。她直直的看着路边的灌木丛，刚刚她好像看到个人脸在那里一闪而过。冷汗瞬间爬满她的脊背。
Ye Manshan shivered violently. She looked straight at the bushes on the side of the road, and she seemed to see a face flashing past there just now. Cold sweat rolled down her spine in an instant.
“瑶……瑶瑶，我刚刚好像看到一个什么东西！”她的声音都有些发颤。叶蔓姗第一次觉得自己分外的胆小，她的双腿颤抖着，已然腿软的走不动路了。
“Yao… Yaoyao, I seem to have seen something just now!” Her voice trembled a little. For the first time, Ye Manshan felt that she was extraordinarily timid. Her legs were trembling, and she was already too weak to walk.
“哪儿？”路瑶笑着拉住叶蔓姗的手，惊讶的发现她的手心满是冷汗。
“Where?” Lu Yao smiled and took Ye Manshan’s hand, and was surprised to find that her palm was covered with cold sweat.
叶蔓姗伸手颤颤巍巍的指向了灌木丛。路瑶一看，顿时乐了起来。
Ye Manshan pointed at the bushes tremblingly. When Lu Yao saw it, she immediately became happy.
“这灌木丛不过半米高，后面能躲着什么？你呀！就是太胆小了。”她松开叶蔓姗的小手，说着就朝灌木丛走去。一副想要一探究竟的样子。叶蔓姗紧紧的拉住她，说什么也不让她过去。
“This bush is only half a meter high, what can you hide behind? You! You are just too timid.” She let go of Ye Manshan’s little hand, and walked towards the bush as she spoke. As if wanting to find out. Ye Manshan held her tightly and refused to let her pass.
那是一个惨白的人脸。不管是不是真的，她都不想让路瑶冒险。“别，不要过去！”
It was a pale human face. Whether it’s true or not, she doesn’t want Lu Yao to take risks. “Don’t, don’t go there!”
“怎么了？看把你吓得！我不松手！咱们一起过去总行了吧！”路瑶呵呵的笑了下，拉着叶蔓姗就想向前走。
“What’s the matter? It scares you! I won’t let go! Let’s go to the head office together!” Lu Yao laughed and pulled Ye Manshan to move forward.
一股前所未有的恐惧笼罩了叶蔓姗。不知不觉中，整个街道上除了她们。
An unprecedented fear enveloped Ye Manshan. Unknowingly, they were the only ones on the street.
已经空无一人了！
Already empty!
“不要……不要过去，求你了瑶瑶，别！千万别过去！”她歇斯底里的叫了起来。
“Don’t…don’t go there, please Yaoyao, don’t! Don’t go there!” she cried hysterically.
“你到底怎么了？神经了吧！”路瑶一脸诧异的看着她，叶蔓姗拼命的摇着脑袋。一股微风吹过，竟然让盛夏的夜晚也变得清冷起来。
“What’s the matter with you? Are you crazy!” Lu Yao looked at her in surprise, while Ye Manshan shook her head desperately. A breeze blew by, and it turned the midsummer night into a cool one.
“这，这路上没有人！”
“Here, there is no one on this road!”
“开什么玩笑，刚才不是还有好多……”路瑶说着说着没了声息，她转头四望，街道上竟然一个人都没有。开什么玩笑，这才八点，正是人们消暑闲逛的时候。“人呢？”
“Are you kidding me? There were a lot more just now…” Lu Yao fell silent as she spoke. She turned her head and looked around, but there was no one on the street. What a joke, it’s only eight o’clock, and it’s the time when people hang out to cool off the heat. “Where are people?”
路瑶的神经再大条也不禁有些害怕起来。说到底她也是个女孩子，这个时候，她也终于开始感到害怕了。
No matter how nervous Lu Yao is, she can’t help feeling a little scared. After all, she was also a girl, and at this moment, she finally began to feel scared.
她们距离灌木丛已经不到两米了。借着手机手电的光芒，路瑶看到了她一辈子都不会想看到的东西。她利索的两眼一翻，软倒在地。叶蔓姗赶忙拖住她，用尽力气向远离灌木丛的地方挪动着。奈何她自己也腿软。费尽力气，挪动了不过半米。
They were less than two meters away from the bushes. With the light of the mobile phone’s flashlight, Lu Yao saw something that she never wanted to see in her life. She rolled her eyes sharply and fell limp to the ground. Ye Manshan hurriedly held her back, and tried her best to move away from the bushes. However, she herself is also weak. With all my strength, I couldn’t move more than half a meter.
灌木丛哗哗作响，里面的东西好像随时都可能冲出来。叶蔓姗无力的坐倒在地，紧紧地抱着怀里的路瑶，颤抖着盯着灌木丛的一举一动。
The bushes were rattling, and the contents seemed to rush out at any moment. Ye Manshan sat down on the ground weakly, tightly hugging Lu Yao in her arms, tremblingly staring at every move of the bush.
“喂？需要帮忙吗？”突如其来的声音吓了叶蔓姗一跳。她借着月光抬眼一看，一个男人一脸关切的看着她，他甚至还伸手在她的眼前晃了晃。
“Hello? Do you need help?” The sudden voice startled Ye Manshan. She looked up under the moonlight, and a man looked at her with concern, and he even stretched out his hand and shook it in front of her eyes.
叶蔓姗下意识失声尖叫起来，她紧紧搂住了怀里的路瑶，内心的惶恐简直到了一种极致。她听到了男人温和的声音，淡然的告诉她了一句话。
Ye Manshan screamed subconsciously, and she hugged Lu Yao tightly in her arms, the panic in her heart was almost to the extreme. She heard the man’s gentle voice, telling her a word calmly.
“丫头别怕，我可不是鬼！”
“Don’t be afraid, girl, I’m not a ghost!”