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The photo was a wide-angle long-shot taken casually.
Simply put,it was taken with a mobile phone,but it was a long-shot,which was equivalent to being longer than an ordinary photo.
Generally,when you press the shutter,you can only take one picture.With a long-shot,you can keep taking pictures as you move the phone.
In the photo,at the starting position on the left,I was running towards the crowd with Ernie.
In the middle of the photo was the position of the crowd.Eight or nine people were gathered around,and a pair of red AJ shoes were showing from the person lying on the ground.
At the end position on the right of the photo was a huge tree.However,only half of it was shown.
The texture of the tree was clearly visible.
Judging from this,to take this long-shot photo from left to right,the person taking the photo should have been in the tree.
From left to right,after taking the shot,it finally ended up with the tree trunk.
There were many people in the photo.
Border guards,young couples taking a walk,guys playing basketball,rough-looking fishermen,people doing square dancing,old men playing with spinning tops,old ladies playing with diabolo...
In a photo of more than a hundred people,there didn't seem to be anything abnormal.
Every evening,on the promenade by the river,it was such an ordinary life.
Who took the photo?
Why leave such a photo for me?
I seemed to be looking at the photo carefully,front and back.I found nothing.
The back of the photo was blank,with nothing on it.
I had been up all night,physically and mentally exhausted.I really couldn't resist the drowsiness anymore.I slumped on the sofa and unconsciously fell asleep.
It wasn't until ten o'clock in the morning when the boss called me that I woke up.He asked me why I hadn't gone to work.
It was Monday.The poor working people could never escape Monday!
I told the boss that I was sick and asked for leave.The boss thought I was lying.I was already so distracted by Jason's matter that I couldn't hold back my anger and directly scolded a few words.
Then,I was fired by the boss.
It wasn't a high-end job,nor was it an iron-rice-bowl job.I was just a barista in a Western restaurant.
But now,I wasn't anymore.
I scratched my greasy hair and got up to pack my things.
The photo fell to the ground,face down and back up.
There were actually three words on the back that was originally blank!
"Be careful of ghosts!"
Good heavens,I had really provoked something unclean.
When I looked at it in the early morning,there was nothing!
Now,before the morning was even over,three words had appeared!
With such a sentence appearing out of thin air,even though I was a big man,I felt a chill in my heart.
I couldn't help but hold my breath,picked up the photo tremblingly,and continued to observe.
I looked at the photo carefully.I looked at every person in the photo back and forth.
Finally,I discovered the secret of the photo!
There was a person standing not far from the crowd.Her left hand was on the handrail of the promenade,and her right hand was on the brim of her hat.
She didn't look back and didn't look ahead either.
She was wearing a black baseball cap,with low-hanging double ponytails,two hoop earrings,a black short-sleeve shirt,a black pleated skirt,black leather shoes,but she was wearing a pair of colorful calf-high socks.
Although it was just a back view,with such an outfit,the non-mainstream atmosphere couldn't be hidden.She looked like a real little delinquent.
This person was out of place with the others in the photo.
It wasn't that she was photoshopped in.
She was also part of the photo.The difference was that when she heard someone had drowned,everyone else was watching.
Even people in the distance who couldn't help out would subconsciously turn their heads to take a look.
Only this girl with double ponytails behaved differently.
Not only didn't she look back,but she also lowered her head and pulled down the brim of her hat!
It seemed like she was avoiding something!
I think I understood,but I still had to confirm one thing.
I quickly called Ernie and asked him to go with me to find Jason.
I hadn't slept all night.I had only squinted for less than four hours.My eyes were sore and my head was dizzy.
But since it was a matter of life and death,I didn't care.
I ate a pack of instant noodles as a makeshift meal.After getting ready to go out,I happened to meet Grace.
I asked her why she wasn't at work.Grace walked in with a thermal bag.
It turned out that her boss had given her two days off to have a good rest.
She was an interior designer.Since there was no work now,she had made some soup to come and see me.
I patiently drank the soup and simply took Grace with me.
Before we left,I also went to the neighbor to get Ernie's fishing rod and fishing tackle box.
We went to Ernie's house.After waiting for him to put his things away,we sat for a while.
Ernie and Lily didn't live together either,just like Grace and me.
They didn't live together,but they often cooked together.
Therefore,there were inevitably some women's things in a man's residence.
When Grace saw the hairband that Lily had left behind,she couldn't help but try it on.
The red hairband had small white and gold flower patterns.It was a wide hairband that could be used like a headband.The two ends could be flung to the back and braided with the hair,and the ends could be tied into a bow.
Grace looked in the mirror and said coquettishly,
"Ernie,help me ask Lily where she bought this hairband.I want to buy one too."
I stood behind Grace,looking at her fascinated.
She was really beautiful,especially since the ends of the hairband were originally designed to be very wide,and there was wire inside for shaping.It was very easy to make into a bow shape.
After all,which girl didn't like to look beautiful?
Ernie agreed.At this time,I happened to see Lily coming back from the mirror.
Lily,in a blue sundress,tilted her head and smiled sweetly,praising Grace for being beautiful and skillful.She asked if Grace could teach her the braiding technique.
The two girls went into the room laughing and chatting.
Ernie and I looked at each other and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
We had thought they might quarrel.
Although Ernie and I were brothers,we had played together since childhood and had a twenty-year friendship.
However,we both hadn't been with our girlfriends for a long time.Especially Ernie and Lily,they had only been together for less than two months.
What's more,Lily was only nineteen years old.
Lily and Grace hadn't known each other for long and didn't play together much.Girls usually hated it when others touched their things without permission,especially cosmetics,jewelry,clothes,and such.
Originally,Lily was going to go with us to see Jason,but she received a call saying there was something at home,so only the three of us went.
