Evan's Journey Through the Unknown Chapter 3

Strictly speaking, Evan Drake's so-called "seeing" is not normal, because he will not be disturbed by other factors such as light and darkness. No matter day or night, sunny or cloudy, what he sees is always the outlines of dark or bright human figures against a thick black background.

He himself didn't know what he saw, a soul or something similar.

But what is certain is that people and things do not change much. It has never happened that one figure is so dim that it is almost indistinguishable today, and the next day it is so clear that you can even see the facial features clearly, and vice versa.

Even Leo Vaughn, who was relatively the most unstable, was only fluctuating between dim and bright due to the different degrees of madness. Most people and objects were stable at one brightness, with no visible changes over the years.

But tonight, when Evan Drake walked into the corridor with Leo Vaughn on his back and stood in front of the dark stairs, he already felt something unusual. On weekdays, even if he never opened his eyes, Evan Drake could see the shadows of the handrails in the corridor. They were blurry and not much brighter than the black background, but they were enough for Evan Drake to follow these outlines and go upstairs steadily. Over the years, there has been no change, and even when he hurried downstairs before, everything was the same.

However, at this moment, Evan Drake entered the corridor and calmed down for a while. What he saw in front of him was pitch black. If it weren't for the fact that his hand and Leo Vaughn's hand hanging around his neck were still glowing, he would have thought he was blind again.

Probably for the first time in his life, Evan Drake envied the flashlight a little. Unfortunately, he himself was not envious of it. The unreliable father on his back was just a madman, not Monkey King. The unnatural light from the two of them could not possibly make the corridor a little brighter.

So, after standing there for a while and still seeing no change, Evan Drake opened his eyes somewhat helplessly---

Actually, to be honest, Evan Drake was not that opposed to opening his eyes. Although the old lady Chen had caused him a great psychological trauma at a young age, it had faded a lot after a few years. However, Evan Drake could handle his daily life with his eyes closed. He rarely encountered a situation like today where he could not see his hand in front of his face. Therefore, there was no need for him to open his eyes and make things difficult for himself.

But today is a little special.

If he was alone, it wouldn't matter if he stumbled and groped for a while, but he was carrying an unconscious person on his back. If he groped his way up the stairs blindly, everyone in the building would probably be knocked out by the fall before they even got home.

It took less than a second for Evan Drake to open his eyes and adjust to the situation before the outline of the stair handrail appeared. Without hesitation, Evan Drake stretched out his long legs and walked upstairs steadily, step by step.

Just as he reached the second floor and turned around to continue walking to the next floor, Evan Drake looked up and was stunned by the scene in front of him.

...

So what is going on?

What are these tiny dots of light flying around like moths in front of him... They fluttered around in a mess, almost flying at Evan Drake's face and shouting: "Oh my god, there's danger ahead!"

Of course, this was something only Leo Vaughn would do. These spots of light floating in the corridor were obviously much more normal than him. They were just moving around randomly, chaotic and uneasy.

Evan Drake tried hard to recall what he saw the last time he opened his eyes in this corridor, but then he found helplessly that he seemed to have never opened his eyes here. Even in the two years when he was most curious, he didn't seem to want to explore what he could see in this corridor.

But even if he had no impression, Evan Drake would not think it was normal for so many light spots to float in a corridor. After all, every time he saw these light spots, they were floating around the figures of people who had passed away.

"Has someone died in the building again? Is it someone left behind by Mr. Wu who passed away a month ago?" Evan Drake muttered to himself.

But there are no elderly people in the houses upstairs...

Evan Drake hesitated for a moment, but finally continued to walk up. It was not for anything else, but because when he was very young, so young that he could hardly remember anything, he seemed to have heard someone say: "When you feel danger, go home." For some reason, this fairly ordinary sentence stubbornly remained in his mind. He could not remember the person who said it, the voice, or the scene at that time, but only remembered this sentence.

Actually, strictly speaking, this is not quite true. However, perhaps people are always easily influenced by some words that they remember deeply from their childhood. So when Evan Drake grew up, every time he encountered something that made him feel unusual or uncomfortable, his first reaction was to go home first. This habit was as deep-rooted as an instinct, and sometimes even he himself found it a little puzzling.

However, at this moment, he was still executing this sentence, not only because of his subconscious reaction, but also because of Leo Vaughn who was carried on his back.

But the higher you go, the more floating spots of light there are, and the more chaotically they move.

Evan Drake's brows gradually furrowed and his pace slowed down.

But there are only nine steps in total, and you have to reach the end no matter how slowly you walk...So, Evan Drake turned a corner in the corridor and stood in front of the stairs leading to the third floor.

He could see the front door of his house as soon as he raised his head, but what surprised him was that, in addition to the familiar dim-outlined security door, there were also two people standing by the door.

The outlines of these two people were unexpectedly bright, much brighter than most people Evan Drake had seen, even as bright as Auntie Fatty and Zongzi, and their facial features were also very clear. Even though they were still some distance away, Evan Drake could see the expressions on their faces - slightly... distorted.

Because he was born blind, he could only see the facial features of a very small number of people until recently, and even fewer of them could see their expressions, so Evan Drake was not very good at understanding "expressions". He could only understand simple emotions, and anything slightly more complicated was considered distorted in his eyes.

However, this "distortion" only flashed by. If it weren't for Evan Drake's peculiar way of looking at people, their expressions at that moment were made very clear by the contrast of pure black and white. Any normal person who came over might not have noticed it.

Almost immediately, the two men put on a polite and smiling demeanor, bowed their heads and said to Evan Drake at the bottom of the stairs: "Hello."

Evan Drake was a little surprised, and the "distorted" expressions of the two people just now left him with a bad impression, making him full of defense against these two people. However, no matter how much he thought in his heart, he still looked calm on the surface, nodded at them expressionlessly, then lowered his head slightly in the dark corridor, supported Leo Vaughn steadily, and went up the stairs step by step.

There were more and more light spots floating around, and finally, as Evan Drake stood at the door of his house, he finally found the source of these light spots.

These seemingly chaotic and noisy spots of light all came from the chest of the shorter of the two. This person was standing a little further back, with half of his body hidden behind the tall and thin man. It was hard to notice this without looking closely. Of course, if it wasn't Evan Drake, anyone else wouldn't be able to spot him even if they were right in front of the short man.

However, at this time, what attracted Evan Drake's attention was no longer these spots of light, but the three strange things that had been blocked behind by these two people.

The reason why they were called strange things was that they were about half a person's height, with hair dragging on the ground. Where the face should be, two pairs of eyes could be seen, one on top and one on the bottom. From the moment Evan Drake stopped in front of the door and noticed them, those eyes had been staring straight at Evan Drake, with a dull gaze as if they were looking at a corpse or something inanimate. But the most chilling thing was their mouths full of sharp fangs. Evan Drake felt that even a cow could not withstand a few bites from such fangs. Moreover, their outlines were clearer than the two people, one tall and one short, and even clearer than Auntie Fatty and the others.

In front of such a monster, Evan Drake felt that it didn't matter if he forgot to close his eyes completely. No matter how scary his eyes were, could they be more terrifying than these three? What's more, his eyes were only half open...

No one knew whether he was born brave or calm, but when seeing such a weird scene, Evan Drake's face still had no obvious reaction, as if he only saw two people with friendly smiles.

"Excuse me, please let me through." Evan Drake pretended to be stupid and said to the tall and thin man who happened to be standing in front of the door lock.

In fact, he was in a hurry to get home, because Leo Vaughn on his back was not light at all, and if he wasted any more time here, Evan Drake would not be able to carry him anymore.

However, the tall and thin man did not show any intention to give way. Instead, he smiled politely and pointed to the next door, saying to Evan Drake: "Hello, little brother, we are here to visit 302 next door to you. We are their distant relatives. My sister is getting married this time, and we happened to pass by and dropped by to deliver the invitation. But they seem to have gone out. No one answered the door after knocking for a long time. Do you know where their family has gone?"

As the tall and thin man spoke, he patted Evan Drake's shoulder in a seemingly natural manner, and at the same time turned sideways, allowing the short man behind him to naturally move closer to Evan Drake.

"Are you a distant relative of theirs?"

"Yes, my brother and I run a small business in Xiucheng. We are here on a business trip this time, so it's just on our way."

Evan Drake glanced through his half-opened eyes at the two people who took the opportunity to get closer to him than an arm's length away. He also glanced at the three monsters who, relying on the fact that ordinary people couldn't see, stood up one after another and surrounded Evan Drake in a swagger. He was silent...

...

relative?

Doing business?

On business trip?

Can you make up a lie even more outrageous?