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The Secret Shadow of the Lost House

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By CladerovaPublished 3 years ago 6 min read
The Secret Shadow of the Lost House
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Twenty years ago, I was studying in a college entrance exam review class to take the college entrance exam again the following year. I wanted to find a quiet place to study, so I shared a cabin with another student.

This hut is more than a mile from the school, in disrepair and disrepair. The house is poorly furnished, with a bed, a wooden table, and two benches, the other is not. But the side of the bed against the earthen wall is a bit strange, a desktop-sized white paper covered. Time has passed, and the white paper is a bit gray. To my surprise, this paper is much thicker than normal and looks a little transparent. Through this paper, a person's figure was faintly visible. I wanted to touch it, but my classmate stopped me, he said forget it, we'd better go to bed early.

After setting up the supplies, we were so tired that we all undressed early and went to sleep. At about 1:00 midnight, I woke up with an urge to pee and intended to get up to go to the bathroom. Just opened my eyes, and I accidentally saw a blurred and faint light on one wall. I was a little surprised and rubbed my eyes it was indeed the light from the white paper. What confused me was that the paper appeared on the surface of a calm river, the shore is a lush forest.

I was so nervous that I opened my mouth wide and sat motionless on the bed.

Soon, the picture gradually blurred, and half an hour later, the river disappeared and the forest was hidden. The hut returned to darkness.

The next day, I told my classmate what I had seen during the night, and he didn't think so, saying that I had dreamed too much and made a fuss. I said I'll wake you up if I show up again tonight.

At 12:30 p.m., the white paper wall appeared bright again. I stomped my classmate with my foot, who hummed a few times without moving. I stomped him violently and he sat up with a jolt.

"What's wrong?" He asked angrily.

"Look at ......," I reminded him quietly.

He wiped his eyes and fixed his mind, and sure enough, a white light was visible again. On the screen, still, the river and forest that appeared last night, a blurry figure swimming in the river in the dim moonlight. This person is so blurred that it is impossible to distinguish between men and women, and I do not know whether it is an old man or a child. Gradually, the image became clearer and clearer, as if it were a movie close-up. The surroundings were hidden, leaving only the swimmer - a young woman!

Classmates were stunned, did not say a word, and froze for half an hour. Must have been scared silly.

I was also shocked, this is not a mirage?

I have heard of mirages, only know that often occur in the sea, and the desert, never seen in a house, in the wall has appeared. People's explanation of the mirage I do not agree with, using the scattering of light, and refraction knowledge to explain is not convincing.

The woman swimming is so clear in the picture that even her pores are visible. After a long time of tossing and turning in the river, she climbed up the bank, put on her clothes, and walked into the forest.

An hour later, the forest disappeared, and the picture gradually darkened. Soon the hut was calm again as before.

The student returned to his soul after a long time, his mouth muttered something, I do not know what said, not a word can not be understood. It looked like he had a nervous breakdown.

After dawn, I asked the locals what happened to the house, the local old man shook his head and left without saying a word. Asked a few in a row, they did not squeak, as if they were avoiding something.

Is there a paranormal phenomenon in the world? I decided to find out for myself what was going on.

One woman told me secretly, you go to the front village 5 miles away Carlos invited me, he will tell you.

The woman's instructions led me to Carlos, who was hale and hearty, with a long beard. As expected, the Taoist priest has a different temperament from that of ordinary people. I spent 200 yuan to buy seven or eight dishes and a bottle of old wine on the street and invited Carlos to dinner.

The dinner was served in the hut. My classmates and I took turns toasting the Taoist priest, hoping that he would reveal the mystery to us.

After three rounds of wine and five dishes, Carlos finally opened his mouth ...... we listened to the sweat and cold sweat swish.

It turns out that 50 years ago, this hut originally lived a beautiful woman, this woman is not only smart and virtuous, and treat people very kindly. A local official of the Kuomintang heard about it, coveting the beauty of the woman, and wanting to marry the woman as a young wife, the woman would rather die than from. The official was furious and sent someone to take her to the office, raped and spoiled, and beat the woman severely. The woman wanted to sue, but "the call of the day does not answer, the ground does not work". In grief and anger, she committed suicide by throwing herself into the river. The river, the river in front of the Taoist priest's house.

I realized that the night picture of the creek is really like the creek in front of the Taoist priest's house, but not exactly like it. The Taoist priest saw me puzzled, and then explained to me. The picture of the creek is from the creek from 50 years ago, and the scene on the wall is a reproduction from 50 years ago. The forest in the picture is also the forest from 50 years ago, but unfortunately, now the creek is polluted, and the forest can not see a few trees.

I have one more question: How come this wall, covered with white paper, always shows this scene late at night? Taoist priest smiled, from our Taoist point of view, I think there are two worlds, the Yang world, and the Yin world. The yin world can't tell what's going on in the yang world. After saying that, the Taoist priest fell into a deep meditation ......

Finally, the Taoist priest added, I saw with my own eyes that this daughter-in-law had chiseled this wall and put something on the wall. Before she threw herself into the river, she was somewhat uncommonly sane.

After sending the Taoist priest away, we were all silent. We decided to move out tomorrow.

At night, none of us slept. It was decided to watch the mysterious manifestation one more time.

Just after noon, a bright spot appeared on the wall, and slowly, the bright spot spread out around and filled the whole white sheet. In a short while, the bright spots became brighter from dim. The river appeared, the forest appeared, and the woman bathing also appeared. The picture became clearer and clearer, unlike last night, the woman's face was dripping with tears, a melancholy face, and a sad look.

In this way, the woman took a bath for an hour and a half. It was about 2:00 when the woman put on her clothes and went ashore. What was strange to us was that she walked back into the forest, step by step. I thought to myself, "Did the woman want to leave us?

We moved out and never went back. I heard that no one has lived there since then.

Later, the house was torn down by the developer to build a building.

Then, one after another, the developer's family died.

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About the Creator

Claderova

Different youth, the same confusion. However, youth will grow and confusion will dissipate. After the night, the sun rises as usual!

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