"Hehehe." Kedou giggled and waved her hands out the window.
"Kedou, what are you looking at?" Kedou's mother noticed and asked curiously.
"There's a smiling Buddha waving at me." Kedou said with a smile.
Gu Jun stood up immediately and rushed to the balcony. He looked across the river. The smiling Buddha was still looking at them but when he saw Gu Jun, he turned away. Gu Jun's heart sank. He took out his phone to call Captain Gao, "Captain Gao, there's something wrong with the smiling Buddha across the river. We need to apprehend him."
At the same time, Wu Shiyu led Kedou away to reassure the parents.
Actually, there were bodyguards patrolling across the river because they could attack the room from there. Therefore, with Gu Jun's order, Lin Ziyong led a few of his colleagues to surround the smiling Buddha and impersonate the police.
After all, the place was a busy place and they had no idea whether the man was acting strangely or not. Therefore, Lin Ziyong's team was very cautious.
Gu Jun watched from the balcony. Once the smiling Buddha was surrounded, he panicked. He quickly said something and removed his mask. It was a middle-aged man.
"Doctor Gu, the man said he was just resting by the river." Lin Ziyong reported.
After a while, the other members of the Lion Dance Troupe arrived. They were confused, 'How did they get into trouble with the police?'
"Take them away first …" Gu Jun was not sure, "Something might be wrong …"
His head hurt a little. Although the dinner went on, he didn't feel good eating it. He couldn't feel at ease. After dinner, he pulled Wu Shiyu over to whisper, "Dirty-minded Yu, let's all stay at Phecda for the night."
Wu Siyu knew that his worries were not without reason, so she nodded and agreed.
Gu Jun had Captain Gao call for reinforcements to escort him and his two families to Shen Hai City's Phecda base. There, they would move into a safe house for the employees' families.
Kedou was curious about everything. She treated it like a trip to another tourist attraction. The parents inevitably became more and more worried, afraid that something would really happen.
But after one night, nothing happened. The Investigation Department interrogated the smiling Buddha man. The man admitted that he did make some strange movements towards the children by the window, but it was completely because a child was looking at him. He only did that to coax the child. This was also the Smiling Buddha's usual job.
After a series of interrogations and investigations, the Investigation Department confirmed that there was nothing wrong with the lion dance team and the smiling Buddha. They could be released after a few more days of detention.
On the afternoon of the fifth day of the new year, Gu Jun, the Wu family, and the Li family left the Phecda base.
It was another false alarm. Fortunately, this wasn't the first time this had happened, and it probably wouldn't be the last either.
Gu Jun felt a little apologetic that the Smiling Buddha and the others were imprisoned during the New Year …
But he had a nagging feeling of danger, a feeling that someone was up to something but he couldn't put his finger on it … PTSD, heightened alertness, was that it? His mood that had been relaxed for the past few days started to drop. Even if he didn't suffer a brain injury, would he be able to live his life in peace?
Now that he was walking down the street, it felt like any passerby was dangerous. Whenever he heard someone say something, he would wonder if it was true …
It was as if there was a voice constantly telling him, 'Gu Jun, do you think this is over? Do you think you can leave? Since you were born, you were destined to be trapped in this world and you can't change it. You bring misfortune, it's you who brings misfortune … '
"Dirty-minded Jun, go home and have a good sleep." Before they parted that night, Wu Shiyu comforted him, "It's good that nothing happened."
After Gu Jun returned to his hotel room, he could hear no more voices from Wu Shiyu and Kedou. The silence only served to make his heart more anxious.
'Misfortune … 'He thought,' Perhaps for now, I should stay away from Kedou and the rest. Perhaps I should stay away from them. '
He was afraid that he would bring misfortune to the people around him, afraid that because of him, his loved ones would become the target of some bastard.
Sitting on the sofa in the living room, Gu Jun watched the New Year Cultural Performance on the television in a daze. The more he thought about it, the more his head started to ache. His mind started to feel drowsy. It was already past 10 pm. It was time for him to wash up and go to bed. However, he was too lazy to move, so he followed Wu Siyu and lay down on the sofa.
He did not use the remote to turn off the television. He did not want the place to be too quiet so he allowed the sound of the television to chase away the anxiety.
He narrowed his eyes as he studied the screen. It was a skit. The actors put in their best effort and the audience occasionally laughed.
After who knew how long, Gu Jun's vision became blurry. His mind was a mess. It felt like he was asleep but it felt like he was still awake …
Rustle, rustle, rustle. He seemed to hear white noise. Was it from the TV? But this new LCD TV would not emit white noise even if there was no signal.
Amidst the white noise, a deep and steady male voice suddenly rang out.
"If you can hear us … we … are good people …"
Gu Jun almost woke up from this state, but he tried his best to relax and let the white noise continue … It was that voice again. He definitely heard it. It was not an auditory hallucination. The tone and tone of the voice were exactly the same. Was it a recording or a broadcast signal?
'Who is it? What is it … I've been feeling so uneasy lately because of this strange feeling …'
"Please don't … tell anyone … weaken the signal …"
Gu Jun heard the signal. The male voice had clearly said the word 'signal', but what did that mean? Please don't tell anyone? Otherwise, the signal would be weakened?
Gu Jun was confused because he had notified Phecda and Dirty-minded Yu at the first notice. Since then, nothing like this had happened for a week. Would telling others weaken his ability to receive the signal?
Gu Jun ignored the question and continued to listen to what the signal was saying. His aching head could not hold on for much longer. The male voice became more and more indistinct.
"We … help … the symbol …"
There were probably more missing words in this sentence because the interval between each sentence was longer.
Therefore, he could not tell what it meant but there were two words that he could hear clearly. 'Help'? Help? Or help?
'Symbol'? When he was studying Wu Shiyu's painting, this was the first and only time he saw the shadow of a symbol …
At that moment, Gu Jun's vision changed. He stared at the LCD screen and it appeared to be covered with snowflakes.
He felt like … it was an illusion … His surroundings appeared to have changed. In another old room, he was watching an old TV.
The LCD TV overlapped with the old TV and a symbol appeared on the screen.
It looked like an × but to get a clearer look, the middle was empty. It looked like the x and y were joined together. There were four lines that split the cross.
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