"Is it because it's raining outside, and some of the passengers ended up sitting here after their clothes got wet?" Xiao Gu reached out to touch the backrest. It did not feel like it was raining, but it felt weird. "I'd better change seats."
The bus moved steadily. The scenery on both sides flew past him, but he did not feel any bumps.
Standing up, Xiao Gu looked around. There were not many passengers on the last bus. Including him, there were only six of them.
The first three rows on the left were empty, and the fourth row was occupied by an old lady. She kept looking out the window like there was something on her mind.
The fourth row on the right was occupied by a woman with her head lowered, playing with her phone.
She was about thirty, and she was dressed fashionably. She should be an employee from a nearby company. She had been working overtime and was taking the last bus home.
Xiao Gu sat in the middle of the bus, and behind him was a woman who looked to be in her forties or fifties. She was carrying a three-year-old child in her arms.
The woman's body was seriously out of shape, and her face was covered in pockmarks. However, the child in her arms was handsome and did not look like her at all.
Looking further back, there was a student sitting at the back of the bus. He was carrying a school bag, and his shirt was wet from the rain. He looked like he had just come out from class.
"Students these days sure are pressured." Xiao Gu was about to pull his gaze back when the male student sitting at the back of the bus suddenly raised his head to look at him, but the student quickly moved his eyes away.
"How come his face is so pale, and his body is shaking? Is he sick?"
Xiao Gu looked around the passengers on the bus and did not think there was anything strange about them.
He changed his seat and sat near the back door.
Acting as a murderer inside a Haunted House was physically demanding. He needed to run back and forth, and to create a surprise, he had to listen to the boss's orders and take a long detour to block the visitors.
After such a long day, Xiao Gu was tired.
He leaned against the back of the seat, and his eyelids became heavy.
Just as Xiao Gu was about to fall asleep, something touched the back of his head lightly.
Turning to look, he saw a small ball of paper on the ground. "Did that student throw it?"
Xiao Gu picked up the ball of paper. He had thought it was a prank, but when he recalled the student's expression, he felt a little uneasy.
Holding the note, Xiao Gu glanced back. The student had his head lowered and was cowering in the last row, as if he hadn't thrown the note.
Without opening his mouth to ask, Xiao Gu unfolded the piece of paper in his hand. There was a sentence scribbled on it — Don't fall asleep, be careful not to miss your stop.
It was a simple reminder. Xiao Gu knew that the other party meant well. He put the note away and smiled at the boy in the last row. He said softly, "It's fine. I got off at the last stop."
He deliberately lowered his voice, but because no one spoke in the car, it was very quiet, so his voice was much louder than he expected.
As soon as the words' terminal 'left his mouth, the bus suddenly swayed slightly. Gu Feiyu looked into the driver's seat and realized that the driver was also looking at him through the rearview mirror.
The driver was wearing Jiujiang's bus company uniform, and the jacket was old. His Adam's apple moved, and his face was covered in sweat like he was very nervous and afraid.
His hands gripped the steering wheel tightly. Like the student, the driver avoided Xiao Gu's gaze.
"What is he afraid of?" Xiao Gu was confused. The way the driver looked at him earlier was strange like he was trying to send Xiao Gu some kind of message.
The rain grew heavier, and it was a different world inside and outside the bus. Xiao Gu did not dare to sleep anymore. He sneaked glances at the other passengers on the bus.
The bus sped through the rainy night and soon arrived at the next stop.
The bus entered the stop, and after it stopped, the electronic voice rang again.
"Ding! We have arrived at Central Hospital. Passengers, please bring your personal belongings and alight from the backdoor. "
The front and back doors opened at the same time, and the rain fell into the bus.
Soon, a middle-aged man with a red string around his wrist got on the bus. He was wearing a white coat, so he was probably a doctor from Central Hospital.
Standing next to the driver, the doctor rummaged through his pocket for change, but he could not find it.
The driver saw that it was raining outside, so he did not argue with the man. He signaled for the doctor to get on the bus first.
The front door closed, and the doctor walked into the bus. When he passed Xiao Gu, he paused and turned to look at Xiao Gu.
Sitting in the seat, Xiao Gu raised his head to meet the doctor's gaze. He realized that the doctor had a scary appearance. His eyebrows were ugly, and when he looked at people, his eyeballs would bulge out like they were going to fall out.
"Hello …" Xiao Gu was too embarrassed by the doctor's stare. He stood up and prepared to leave.
When the doctor saw Xiao Gu stand up, he voluntarily took a step back. He smiled at Xiao Gu embarrassedly and sat next to Xiao Gu on the other side of the aisle.
The bus was dark, and Xiao Gu realized that when the doctor smiled earlier, his mouth did not seem to have any teeth.
He touched the note in his pocket and did not stay for long. He walked toward the backdoor.
I'll just call a taxi. Holding the handrail, when Xiao Gu reached the door, his body froze, and his face was filled with disbelief.
On the platform outside the backdoor stood a woman in a red raincoat. The woman had her head lowered, and her hair was stuck together to cover her face.
A red raincoat? Why is she here? This is not the bus stop earlier!
Gu Feiyu froze at the door, and the cold synthesized voice inside the bus spoke again.
"The bus is starting to move. Please sit tight. Welcome to the driverless bus on Route 104. Please move to the backdoor. The next stop is Hong Family Restaurant."
The backdoor slowly closed, and it was then that Xiao Gu reacted. Why would the woman in the raincoat appear outside the Central Hospital bus stop? She seems to be closer to the backdoor! Has she been following me?
With sweat pouring down his forehead, Xiao Gu's reaction was similar to the driver's earlier reaction. He gripped the handrail tightly and did not return to his seat immediately.
"Are you … not feeling well?" The cold voice suddenly came from behind him. The doctor stared at Xiao Gu's back.
"I'm fine." Xiao Gu returned to his seat and lowered his voice. "Brother, did you see a woman standing outside the backdoor earlier? She was wearing a red raincoat."
"Red raincoat?" The doctor shook his head. "Are you sure you saw it wrong?"
"That's impossible." Xiao Gu turned to tell the student at the back. "Did you see that woman earlier? She was standing in the middle of the bus stop! "
The student did not answer Xiao Gu's question. In fact, he did not even turn his head around. He focused on the rain outside the window, but his hands kept searching inside his school bag like he was looking for something.
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