Dawn broke.
After taking a photo with me, Du Yuwei and her son vanished.
It felt as though I had been dreaming. With a tangle of emotions, I walked out through the main gate.
The amusement park's security guard was standing at the entrance eating steamed buns. He jumped when he saw me come out.
"Hey, I haven't even opened the gates yet. When did you get in?"
I ignored him and took off running.
I hailed a taxi on the street, ready to head back to the shop for work.
In the car, I took out my phone, wanting to look at the photo of me with Du Yuwei and her son.
I wondered how my phone had managed to capture those two ghosts.
But when I pulled up the photo, I was dumbstruck.
There was nothing in the photo but an empty swing. Not a single person.
Not only had Du Yuwei and her son disappeared, but I had too.
Could it be that I hadn't seen either of them at all last night... had I gone sleepwalking in the amusement park?
But even if I had been sleepwalking, I had definitely taken this photo. Even if it hadn't captured the two of them, surely it should have captured me?
A chill suddenly crept over me.
Perhaps because the photo was so strange, I had no intention of deleting it.
I returned to the shop.
Only a handful of young people remained at the two once-bustling shops. Not a single longtime employee had stayed.
The young people valued loyalty, which also indirectly showed that Meng Yifan really was a good boss.
I hadn't been in the mood to focus on work lately, but business at the shop was so dismal that I had to help out.
I stood