Have you ever experienced something horrible?

I met a terrible thing when I was in primary school. Until now, every time I think about it, I don't know if it really exists or if something that science can't explain really happened.

At that time, I was in the fourth grade of primary school, less than ten years old, and I was with my aunt. My aunt has a cousin who is the same age as me, and her birthday is only one month older than mine. We are the same age, in the same class and live together, so we have a good relationship.

My aunt's family runs a garage, which is far from home. Because there are many things in the factory at ordinary times, my uncle and aunt basically live directly in the factory every night. My cousin and I eat in the factory every day after school, and then go home together.

The house is empty, just the two of us. Girls are very timid and afraid of the dark. They are scared by stories like ghost monkeys from an early age and dare not sleep by themselves. The two of us slept in the same bed and covered with a quilt, and felt safer with company.

One day, my cousin and I finished our homework and went to bed early. I was suddenly awakened by some noise in the middle of the night. When I opened my eyes, I saw the pale moonlight shining through the window and sprinkled on the bed and wall. It was scary. I turned to look at my cousin. Her eyes were open, and she should have been awakened by the sound.

We all dared not speak, but listened carefully outside to hear what the sound was. After listening for a long time, we finally determined that it was a woman crying. The sound is sharp and loud, straight into our eardrums, and we can hear it clearly when we cover our ears. It was the cry of a lonely woman, without other voices, such as other people's suggestions. The voice said it was far and near, as if it were in the yard.

My cousin and I just hugged each other with our eyes open, even afraid to breathe, shivering in the quilt. The woman's crying did not weaken and stop, but she cried rhythmically, harsh and miserable.

Some of our neighbors are middle-aged and elderly couples, some are grandmothers with granddaughters, and there are no young women. The only woman in her thirties is still mute, so we don't know where this woman crying in the middle of the night came from, just like appearing out of thin air.

The crying lasted for a long time, and my cousin and I were too scared to sleep. I don't know when that was. Dogs bark, dogs bark in and out of our ears, and then the woman's cry disappears. My cousin and I hung our hearts on the ground.

Looking back on the experience at that time, I still think it was a horrible night. I don't know where that woman came from, and the crying that disappeared with the barking of dogs inexplicably made me feel that there are many unexplained things in this world.