C27 (1/2)

The summer seemed to have ended early, especially at night, when the temperature dropped abruptly.

This was a seaside city with a five-kilometer-long seaside beach. Due to the free opening of beach and some recreational leisure projects, it can attract a lot of tourists.

It was late in the night and the people on the beach had gradually thinned out. The remaining people were all rushing to leave, but there were still three figures slowly walking along the beach.

Of the three, two were male and one was female. Of the two men, one was called Lee Xu, the other was called Xiao Yi, the woman was called Chen Jie.

Lee Xu looked very common. His skin was dark and a little fat. Xiao Yi was upright and upright, and looked quite refined with his glasses on. Chen Jie, on the other hand, looked a bit more outstanding than the two men. Her eyes were bright, her cheeks were rosy, her legs were long, and she had a refined aristocratic air about her.

The three of them had been classmates in university and had a deep friendship with each other. Xiao Yi and Chen Jie had just gotten married.

Today, when Lee Xu returned to his hometown, he immediately thought of Xiao Yi and Chen Jie, his two best friends, so he invited them to a restaurant by the sea.

After the meal, Lee Xu and Xiao Yi drank too much, so they decided to take a walk by the seaside to cool the ocean.

”You too, you actually didn't even come when we got married, I really admire you.” From eating until now, Chen Jie had always been making fun of Lee Xu.

”Didn't I say it already? I've been too busy doing business over the past few years, running all over the country. Otherwise, how would I dare to miss out on your wedding?” And I admit that I was wrong, so I'll treat you guys to a meal as soon as I get off the plane.

”I don't believe it.” Chen Jie laughed.

The sea breeze was so strong that it created ripples and they were walking along the shore, so they were occasionally hit by the water droplets.

”When I thought back to when we went to university, there were quite a few good classmates. In the end, only the three of us were still in contact with each other. Sigh …” Lee Xu suddenly felt deeply moved.

”Yeah, I wonder what the others are doing, and how they are doing.” Being reminded of the past, Chen Jie was also somewhat sad.

”Chen Jie, don't you remember? I chased you first then. Xiao Yi helped me out, but in the end, Xiao Yi caught up with me instead. I was so angry at the time, I almost lost all friendship with Xiao Yi. ” Lee Xu said.

”There's no other way. Some things are destined to happen.” Chen Jie said.

”Then are you still angry at me?” Xiao Yi asked Lee Xu jokingly.

”What's there to be angry about? It happened so many years ago! I only think that you got lucky and stepped on some dog shit luck! ”

As they spoke, the three of them laughed.

After pausing for a moment, Lee Xu asked Chen Jie, ”Speaking of which, Chen Jie, if... I mean, if there wasn't Xiao Yi at that time, would you be with me? ”

Chen Jie blushed and replied: ”You drank too much, what nonsense are you spouting?”

”I'm not spouting nonsense, I'm seriously asking you.”

”I don't want to answer.” Chen Jie pretended to be angry and turned her head away.

Lee Xu laughed and waved his hands, signalling to them to stop this awkward conversation.

After chatting for a bit, Chen Jie saw that there was a convenience store not far away. She was thirsty, so she went to buy mineral water.

Taking the chance while Chen Jie was walking away, Xiao Yi suddenly asked Lee Xu: ”You're purposely not coming to my wedding, right?”

”What do you mean?” Lee Xu was startled.

”Alright, I understand. It's been so many years, and you still haven't put Chen Jie down at all. ”

Lee Xu's heart was broken. He could only smile and shake his head, and did not reply.

”Let's not talk about this anymore. ”How is it? I heard that you've finished your business outside, and will be staying in the country peacefully, right?” Xiao Yi changed the topic.

”Yes, that's why we can come out often and drink and chat. It's not bad too.”

”That's true. However, you should quickly find a girlfriend and solve your own problems first. ”

”Alright!” One day, ask Chen Jie to introduce her to me. ”

While chatting, Chen Jie returned and asked the two of them what they were laughing about. Xiao Yi said that she was talking about Lee Xu's life.

The sky was getting darker, and there was almost no one on the beach. The three of them were finally ready to leave.

Just as they were making their way back, they suddenly realized that there was a sandpit under their feet, causing Lee Xu to almost fall inside.

If they looked closely, they would see that the sandpit was in the shape of a human being, a full-grown man.

They suspected that someone who had come to the beach today had left them here on purpose.

There were many situations like this on the beach. Many people liked to bury themselves in the sand, or draw pictures, or even write a few words. Imprinting human shapes and such wasn't that rare.

However, the problem was that the human shaped sand pit was very neat and deep, unlike the simple outline of a person lying in the sand.

Xiao Yi also noticed this, so he asked with furrowed brows, ”It's so difficult to create this humanoid sandpit, how did he do it?”

”Yes, the sandpit is very deep. I feel that we can at least let two people down. If he were to dig a hole first and have someone lie down inside, it would be difficult for him to do so. The wind by the sea was especially strong, yet the pit was not disturbed by the wind, and its contours were especially neat. ”It really is difficult …” Lee Xu also didn't understand.

Xiao Yi squatted down and touched the edge of the human shaped sandpit with his hands.

What made him even more confused was that the edges of the sandpit were unusually smooth, and did not seem to be man-made at all.

”Let's go, let's not study anymore.” Chen Jie looked at her watch and urged the two on.

Xiao Yi nodded, but just as he was about to stand up, a suction force from the sandpit suddenly sucked Xiao Yi in.

Before Xiao Yi could react, he fell into the sandpit with his face towards the sandpit and his back facing Chen Jie. He screamed in shock and struggled desperately. However, sand continued to flow into the sandpit at an unbelievable speed!

Chen Jie and Lee Xu were dumbstruck, and did not react for a long time. When they wanted to extend their hands to pull Xiao Yi away, Xiao Yi was already completely submerged by the sand.

Chen Jie kept on shouting out Xiao Yi's name, and together with Lee Xu, they dug into the sand, but miraculously, Xiao Yi had disappeared without a trace. In the end, they dug a sand pit that was even larger than before. Chen Jie even dug until her fingernails were broken, but she was still unable to find Xiao Yi.

Xiao Yi was engulfed by the sandpit and disappeared without a trace!

Chen Jie panicked to the extreme. She couldn't believe it, but she also couldn't accept it.

She kept on crying and dug more than ten sand pits on and on, but Xiao Yi had really gone missing, as if he would never be able to come back.

Lee Xu was more calm, he immediately called the police, they came quickly, but when the police heard about the strange happenings, they were all confused and did not know what to do.

In the end, because there was no evidence, the police did not agree with Chen Jie's description of the incident, and could only leave it at that.

Chen Jie and Lee Xu also understood that no one would believe in this matter, and even if they did, they did not know how to resolve it.

But Chen Jie did not give up, and after three times of urging her to go home first, Chen Jie still called upon everyone who was willing to help, including her and Xiao Yi's family. Thus, they continued to search the entire beach, even searching the surrounding area.

After two days and two nights of struggling, Chen Jie and the others had already searched through the entire area, but still could not find anything. Xiao Yi disappeared as if she had turned into air.

When Chen Jie fainted due to overwork, the search also came to an end.

For a period of time after that, Chen Jie's life became dark without any daylight, and she remained muddleheaded throughout the day. Her family and friends often comforted her in various ways, but there were still no clues regarding Xiao Yi's whereabouts.

Until one day, she received a call from Lee Xu.

”Chen Jie, have you paid attention to the latest news?” Lee Xu asked over the phone.

”What is it?”

”Did you know, other than Xiao Yi, there were two other people who went missing on the beach?”

”Huh?” Chen Jie's heart trembled.

”That's it. I think there's something wrong with the beach. ”

”But what's wrong with the beach?”

”Sigh …” ”I don't know, but I have a friend at the newspaper office. I'll have him try to report this matter to see if he can attract more attention. Maybe someone will find a way. After all, it's more people's strength after all, don't you think?”

”Alright.” Chen Jie replied indifferently.