Chapter 56 The sound of the bell
Mo Shouchen glanced at the time. It was almost nine o'clock now. Tang Yanzhen asked him to accompany her at this time. Could it be...
Is it going a little too fast?
Mo Shouchen could only feel his face flushing and his heart beating, but girls were taking such initiative, and for him, a grown man, to act coyly would be a bit outrageous.
"Okay, where are you?"
"I'm right in front of the pet store."
"I'll be down right away!"
Mo Shouchen hung up the phone, quickly washed his face and changed into clean clothes, and then went downstairs.
When he got downstairs, he saw Tang Yanzhen standing at the door of the pet shop waving to him, and he trotted up to him.
"I'm sorry to disturb you so late." Tang Yanzhen said.
"It's okay, it's okay, I happen to have some free time, please let me accompany you..."
"I want you to accompany me to the pet store."
Entering a pet store? Isn’t it...
Mo Shouchen suddenly felt a little disappointed, and he also felt that he was very wretched.
Tang Yanzhen sniffed and asked, "Are you wearing perfume?"
"Ah, no, it's toilet water. Aren't we afraid of mosquitoes at night?" Mo Shouchen really wanted to find a crack in the ground and crawl in.
It was very dark, so Tang Yanzhen didn't notice Mo Shouchen's embarrassed expression. She said, "Something strange has happened in my pet shop these two days. I want you to go in with me and take a look. Can you?"
"Strange thing? What strange thing?"
Because he has experienced too many supernatural events, Mo Shouchen couldn't help but become alert when he heard the word "strange things".
Tang Yanzhen said: "My mobile phone is bound to the store's surveillance. Last night, the mobile phone reported that there was a sound in the pet store. I turned on the video and found that it was the puppy in the pet store barking, and the cat in the cage also exploded.
Mao, at first I thought there was a thief in the store, but after looking around, I didn’t see anyone in the video.”
"Because I was worried about something happening in the store, I took a taxi. As soon as I opened the door, I heard the sound of bells in the store in addition to the barking of the dog. I was very scared at the time, but the puppy and kitten were still in the store.
inside, I gritted my teeth and rushed into the store, took them out, and then locked the door."
Seeing the fearful look on Tang Yanzhen's face when he spoke, Mo Shouchen knew that she must have been frightened last night, but even in that weird situation, she could still think of saving the puppies and kittens in the store.
Coming out, it can be seen that her love for small animals comes from the bottom of her heart.
"I saw that your pet shop was not open during the day today. Is it because of this?"
Tang Yanzhen nodded: "Yes, I kept having nightmares when I got home last night. I still had a fever when I woke up this morning, so I didn't come over."
"Do you have a fever? Have you taken medicine? How do you feel now?" Mo Shouchen asked with concern.
"Thank you. I'm fine. I originally planned to rest for two days and then go back to the store to see what's going on. But just now my phone prompted me that there was a sound in the store. This time when I turned on the video, I could clearly hear the store.
There is the sound of bells inside."
"Could it be a wind chime or something?"
Tang Yanzhen shook his head: "There are no wind chimes in my shop, and the windows and doors are closed. Even if there are wind chimes, they won't keep ringing."
Mo Shouchen thought for a while, then carefully leaned on the door of the pet shop and listened. There seemed to be a sound of bells inside.
"Open the door and I'll go in and take a look."
"Will there be any danger?"
Mo Shouchen touched the black book in his pocket and said calmly: "There should be no danger, otherwise you wouldn't have walked out of the store unharmed last night."
Tang Yanzhen thought it made sense, so he stepped forward and unlocked the door.
After the door lock was unlocked, Mo Shouchen asked Tang Yanzhen to step back behind him, and then he walked over and opened the store door.
As soon as the door opened, the sound of the bell became clear immediately, but it was dark inside the store, so I couldn't see where the sound came from.
"Where's the light?"
"On the left wall."
Mo Shouchen walked into the store, then reached out and touched the wall on the left. After touching the switch, he turned on the lights in the store.
"Snapped!"
The lights in the store turned on, and the situation inside was clear at a glance. But strangely, as soon as the lights turned on, the sound of the bell disappeared.
Mo Shouchen casually turned off the light again. After a while, the bell rang again. When he turned on the light again, the sound disappeared again.
The pet shop is neither big nor small. If you stand at the door and listen to the sound, then turn on the light and go in to look for it, it will be somewhat difficult, so Mo Shouchen plans to go in without turning on the light to find the source of the sound.
"It's hard to find that sound when you turn on the light. So, you wait for me at the door, and I'll go in and take a look myself."
After saying that, Mo Shouchen was about to walk in, but Tang Yanzhen behind him grabbed him and said, "No, I'll go in with you!"
Looking at Tang Yanzhen's firm eyes, Mo Shouchen suddenly felt warm in his heart. Maybe this was the legendary sharing of joys and sorrows.
"Okay, you follow me."
As he spoke, Mo Shouchen naturally took Tang Yanzhen's hand. It was cool and comfortable to hold.
The two people turned on the flashlights that came with their mobile phones, and then carefully walked inside following the sound of the bell. The further they walked in, the clearer the sound of the bell became. Finally, the two people came to the innermost storage shelf of the pet store.
"The sound came from the storage shelf." Mo Shouchen waved his flashlight on the storage shelf.
"I heard it too, could it be a mouse?"
Mo Shouchen felt Tang Yanzhen holding his hand a little tighter. It seemed that this caring little girl also had animals that she didn't like.
"Probably not. If the mouse kept shaking like this, he would have died of exhaustion. It sounded like it was coming from that box." Mo Shouchen's flashlight was locked on a dark box.
Seeing the box, Tang Yanzhen was stunned for a moment: "This box, could it be..."
"What does this box contain?"
Mo Shouchen did not open the box rashly, but as soon as he finished asking, Tang Yanzhen let go of his hand, and then reached out to pick up the box.
"Be careful, there might be something inside!"
"It doesn't matter. If the sound really comes from this box, the things inside won't hurt me."
Seeing that Tang Yanzhen was so sure, Mo Shouchen didn't stop him anymore, but he still stared at the box cautiously, and was ready to pull Tang Yanzhen away if he found anything unusual.
Tang Yanzhen took the box off the storage shelf, and the ringing sound inside immediately disappeared. She gently opened the circlip, then opened the box and took out the contents.
Chapter completed!