Swallowing the Seas

Chapter 2

Tsukai city.

The heavy rain washed away the river bank, and the water rushed forward, rushing towards the deep dusk in the distance.

"I'm telling you not to be so aggressive. I won't give you two more money even if you work until twelve o'clock. Those people have very dark hearts!" The boy held up a tilted umbrella, and half of his body was soaked. The rain was flowing smoothly. The thin black calves slipped into the worn sneakers, and every step was filled with joy and sorrow.

The girl under the umbrella was wearing a dark blue overall that was obviously too wide. She hugged her arms tightly and her voice trembled slightly: "The foreman gave me an extra forty yuan..."

Boys are "tight and loose"

He wanted to say something but swallowed it back. After a while, he warned again: "Then you should hide the money well. Don't let your father know and send it to gamble again."

"I...I know." The girl stretched out her hand to pull on the strap of her schoolbag as if on conditioned reflex: "When I save enough money, I will take my mother away from here and go back to my hometown. Even farming will be better than this. I heard people say Already..."

Wow!

There was a slight movement, and the boy suddenly stopped and turned around.

"What did you hear?"

The girl staggered to her feet and shook her head blankly. The boy made her a little nervous: "What?"

It was getting late, and the last bus from the industrial park to the suburbs had already passed. The wilderness was dark, the street lights were not on, and the heavy rain blurred the vision; in the distance, only thigh-deep grass could be seen swaying back and forth under the wash of rain, like a group of small people walking staggeringly.

Swish, swish.

"..." The boy suspected that he heard wrongly, but he did not dare to step back. After a while, he tentatively shouted: "Hey, is there anyone?!"

No answer came through the rainstorm.

"The wind... it must be the wind..." The girl was uneasy and tightened her schoolbag strap: "Let's go, let's go..."

As the salty cold wind blew on the river, a small set of goosebumps suddenly appeared on the boy's back. He swallowed hard and said, "Let's go." Then he pulled the girl and turned around in a hurry. He didn't take two steps before he heard--

rustle.

rustle.

As if some kind of huge reptile swam quickly from the grass, the two of them froze at the same time. After a few seconds, the boy's face froze and he tilted his head. The look in his eyes meant that you heard it too?

The girl's pale face couldn't be seen clearly in the dim light, and she nodded her head stiffly after a while.

"..." The boy gasped, his eyes darting around. He randomly picked up a dirty stone and held it tightly in his hand. He turned around and shouted boldly: "Who is there?! Come out here!"

A curtain of rain washed over the sky and earth, and there was no response from all around. After more than half a minute, the boy's tense shoulders and back relaxed a little vigilantly, and he signaled the girl to hold on to his arm and whispered: "This is not right, let's leave quickly -"

at this time.

rustle--!

The nearby trees shook violently, and the premonition of approaching danger made the two young men shiver at the same time, but before they had time to retreat, it was already too late to blink. A huge ghost stood up almost close to their faces. The street lights in the distance were reflected on the river, and half of its white bones were clearly illuminated. The flesh had rotted away. There were only two black holes in the nasal cavity, and the upper and lower teeth were exposed. Their eyes stared directly at them, and they took a step forward--