Lina’s narrative was simple, and the details of the events were not too clear to her.But her tone and look have always been very hurried, like a small animal chased by a beast, only knowing that she runs desperately and has no firm idea of survival.

“My uncle took me back to the small town.In the small town, those people are gone, and everyone has become ghosts.Everyone...everyone was crying... Mom and Dad were crying... No one ignored me...Uncle and his friends, together, sent everyone’s bodies to the cemetery, buried one by one, and set up tombstones.It took a long time to get this done.The cemetery has expanded a lot, there are tombstones everywhere...like... like a forest of tombstones...” Lina’s eyes had no focal length, and her eyes seemed to fall far away, “After being buried, we did not ascend to heaven, nor did we get rest.”The uncle did not know what to do, and went to the church and asked the bishop and the like to come.They said they would find a way.They left... never came back... we stayed here for many years... the mayor recorded the dates, one day, another day... someone who wanted to leave the town, but after walking out, went into the forest, and after a while, he would go back to the town.Some people say that uncles can't do it.They had no way to do it anymore, so what was done outside would trap us here.We will never rest in peace... For a while, everyone is terrible, everyone...”

Lina said this, hanging down her head, unable to say.

It is conceivable that a group of desperate ghosts are bound to the land of their hometown, holding expectations, watching time pass, watching the whole town become deserted and desolate, what kind of despair it will be.

Lina may have been excluded and bullied in the process.After all, the source of everything can be said to be the Lina family, whose dolls brought this disaster.

"Then later," said Lina, in a different tone, skipping the unpleasant years, "everyone accepted.Some people hide at home, do not come out, some people think it is good... everyone is still there, still living together.Originally, our contact with the outside world was not so much, and many people never left the town in their lives.Now, no one gets sick, they don’t die.It’s just that the house is broken, and no one takes care of the cemetery, no one can eat... just like that... until one day, someone said, someone came in.We all thought it was uncles and they were back.Although it is unlikely ... it has been a long time...the last recorded time of the mayor is more than a hundred years later... everyone has come together.We . . . saw strangers, big brothers, big sisters... they couldn’t see us... they were surprised to say it was so cold here, that it was a ghost town, walking around, through our bodies... They were like travelers, walking through the town...”

Lina sighed, “Whatever we do, they don’t feel it.They think of it as a place to play.What they wear and what they say, we don’t understand.They also paint in our house.Aunt Terin was angry, but there was no way... they found our graveyard, and at that time they were frightened and ran away quickly, and did not come for days, and after a few days, came again.They consider our small town to be our own place.Some of us like them, curious about what they would do, and some of us hate them very much.I have been following them.They mentioned the name of our town, Morris."

The name Lina said made me nervous.This name, the last time Lina said her address, the name of the town, should be somewhere in the future world.Originally, these two small towns were the same place, and only the time of Lina's birth was changed, or was the name of the town changed like the history of the town?

I couldn’t be sure of the answer, I could only listen to Lina go on.

“They say Morris was thought to have had a plague hundreds of years ago.At that time, the town was closed.There were rumors that the town had been burned down by fire.The plague and all the healthy were burned to death.They found only these things.”Lina paused, “What they said... made us suspicious.”Maybe the doll is fake.In fact, we were all burned, all of us dead, and turned into ghosts.The uncle's thing is also false...it has been too long, many people, many ghosts, have become ... dull ... my mother and father also.Before those people arrived in the town, Mom and Dad were no longer moving, just sitting at home, doing nothing, and dying.

Lost his mind?

Lina shook her head, “I remember, I remember my sister, it was my sister who did all this... The people who thought Morris was killed by the plague in the town, they felt afraid of the plague, and the plague.”They had an argument, and some said they should have told the police, but many opposed it.They see it as their place... they come here often, play here.They’re exploring here, looking for our stuff.A lot of things are gone, they haven’t found anything.They wanted to dig a grave... a big brother who proposed it.Another big sister stopped them and quarreled with them.They should be the couple you just said."Lina looked at the thin man, "They quarreled and shook hands.The big sister ran out and told the police to tell the police.They chased out.When it was dark, only my sister came back alone.

Lina clasped her hands, “She came in with her sister... I saw... it was my sister, exactly the same as in the past...”

“Where did she get the doll?”Chen Xiaoqiu asked.

Lina shook her head, “I don’t know.She was crying and walking in with her sister.I saw my sister’s eyes move...she looked at us...she laughed at us...the big sister didn’t see...we were all gathered around, all around.Connor screamed and fled.Everyone is scared.Those who thought the plague had killed us were also afraid.The whole town...the whole town, everyone is scared...we are so afraid...”

Lina cried, “I don’t know what’s going on... the sky is dark and the moon is gone.”The town, the town, the darkness... the big sister was also frightened, sitting on the ground, unable to move... and then... and then lighted up... Mom and Dad, and others, those who couldn’t move, didn’t know where to find the candles and oil lamps.Light...everywhere is light... but still dark.We ran away, we couldn’t run away... The house, the house in the small town, was all broken, and it was all gone.It was as if they had gone back to the past... those people, holding lights, lined up, and going to the cemetery.The big sister was also raised.My sister was at the front of the line... I heard my sister laughing all the time... They dug up the grave and moved the body out.The bodies... they were all corpses... there were no skeletons, they were all the same as before they were buried.The ghosts got into the body and became like that again. . . .

Lina covered her face, tears oozing through her fingers.

“It’s only been a few hundred years, and it’s all back to the past...”