Chapter 21: The Line of Life and Death
Su Bai found Zhu Yingying's parents-in-law's house.
This is a wooden bungalow that looks dilapidated, with the doors locked and one of the houses reveals a faint light.
It is now seven o'clock, and the countryside has already started to rest when nightlife in the city has just begun.
Su Bai was in place, paused for a moment, walked to the front door, and knocked on the door.
"Dongdongdongdong..."
However, the people in the room didn't seem to hear anything and didn't move at all.
"Dongdongdongdong..."
Su Bai continued to knock on the door.
However, the people inside still did not respond.
At this time, Su Bai stopped knocking on the door and was in place.
He remembered something at this time.
A long time ago, his dad loved telling him horror stories.
His father once said, don’t whistle at night, especially in the mountains.
He asked his father why.
His father said that blowing a whistle will attract lonely ghosts.
Su Bai still remembers that at that time, his mother scolded his father.
Then my mother told him that the reason why you can't whistle at night in the mountains is because the whistle sound is sharp, which can easily attract some jackals, tigers and leopards, allowing those jackals, tigers and leopards to follow him, causing danger.
And now, Su Bai felt that he was knocking on someone else's door at night, like whistling in the mountains.
However, there may not only be jackals, tigers and leopards in this mountain, but also something more fierce.
That 'bobcat'.
At this time, Su Bai felt goosebumps getting.
He vaguely guessed in his heart that Zhu Yingying's parents-in-law's family might not open the door because they noticed the danger.
At this time, there was a silence around, and cold sweat gradually oozed out of Su Bai's forehead.
Just now, he felt palpitations in his heart.
Danger is approaching...
There are two ways left for him now.
One is to continue knocking on the door and wait until the people inside open the door.
The other is to follow the previous mountain road and return in the dark.
However, these two roads are all about luck. One is that the family will open the door, and the other is that they will not encounter the 'bobcat' on the way back.
That is, when Su Bai was in a dilemma, a sudden flash of inspiration in his mind.
The reason why this family doesn't open the door is probably because they are afraid that he is the "bobcat".
And he could have screamed and let the family know that he was not that dangerous.
Thinking of this, Su Bai was about to shout.
But when he opened his mouth, he suddenly paused.
He spoke and said that he was not the 'bobcat', would the family open the door?
If this family is a good person, it will open.
But what if not?
Is it easier for him to attract the attention of the snooping person in the dark?
This is drinking poison to quench thirst.
Feeling the increasingly heavier palpitations, Su Bai's eyes flashed with determination, and he immediately shouted: "Liu Laogen, I am your daughter-in-law Zhu Yingying's friend. She asked me to send 100,000 yuan!"
Hearing his words, the scene became slightly quiet.
Then, a storm came from the door, followed by the sound of the door bolt.
"Jika!" The door was opened with a crack and then opened.
At the same time, a shriveled hand stretched out from the door, grabbed Su Bai and pulled him inside.
Su Bai also followed the situation and entered the room.
"Bang!" The door was locked, and a wooden bolt that was as thick as an arm was knocked down, locking the door.
"Ahhh!!!" At this moment, a cry came from outside.
At this time, Su Bai heard it much more clearly than before in the car, and immediately got goose bumps on his body.
This sound is not the sound of a cat, it is clearly the sharp cry of a woman.
"Bang!"
The tungsten filament light bulb in the room lights up.
An old woman stood in front of the switch, and next to her was a thin little boy.
"Money, where is the money?" The old man who pulled Su Bai in grabbed Su Bai's hand and asked urgently.
"I'll give it to you." Su Bai put down his backpack, found three thousand yuan from it and handed it to the old man.
Seeing these thirty hundred-yuan new coins, the old man showed a look of dissatisfaction and stared at Su Bai and said, "I want 100,000. Didn't you say 100,000 before?"
"No one hundred thousand." Su Bai shook her head: "She didn't ask me to bring back a penny. The three thousand dollars are your reward for saving me."
"No, don't want to greed for our money!" The old man viciously snatched Su Bai's backpack and started rummaging inside.
But no matter how he looked for it, he could only find some changing clothes, instant noodles and white porridge.
"You know, she won't bring the money back. I just said that just now to trick you into opening the door." Su Bai said next to him.
He actually still has more than 800 yuan.
But this money was the money he was going to go back and it was impossible for the old man and the old lady to give it to it.
As for giving them three thousand yuan, Su Bai didn't feel sorry for him at all.
From the 'bobcat's cry just now, he could see that if the old man didn't open the door, he would definitely die outside.
As for the fact that the old man opened the door under his temptation, he didn't take it to heart.
It is a fact to save him. Su Bai felt it was worth it for him to buy a sense of stability in his heart for three thousand yuan.
"Old man, I don't think this kid has lie to us. Zhu Yingying won't give us money." It was at this moment that the old lady inside suddenly spoke.
When the old man heard this, his mood gradually calmed down.
"You are very smart, you are lucky today." He took away the three thousand from Su Bai's hand, snorted coldly, and walked towards the inner room, obviously still angry.
"Young man, don't mind, my wife has this temper." The old lady nodded to Su Bai and whispered.
"It's okay, I lied to him, I should apologize." Su Bai shook his head, and then he looked at the little boy next to the old lady.
The little boy looks about five or six years old now, with skinny and dark skin.
If it weren't for the information reminder just now, it would be hard for Su Bai to imagine that the child in front of him was Zhu Yingying's child.
The little boy's dark skin is a very different story from Zhu Yingying's carefully maintained skin.
"Can I stay with you for a while?" Su Bai looked at the old lady and asked.
Hearing his words, the old lady was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Of course, you gave us the money after all."
Speaking of this, she paused and stared at Su Bai, "By the way, young man, are you really my daughter-in-law Zhu Yingying's friend?"
Su Bai was stunned for a moment when he heard this, but fortunately he was ready to speak up and said, "I am her neighbor. I'm here to inform you because something happened to her."
"What are you notifying? She is just a heartless person. She hasn't even come to see her own children for so long. We have nothing to do with such people!" At this moment, the old man walked out of the house and said angrily.
"What happened to her?" The old lady ignored the old man, just looked at Su Bai and asked with concern.
Hearing her inquiry, Su Bai glanced at the child next to him and said, "She has passed away."
As she finished speaking, the scene was quiet.
Chapter completed!