Time always flies by inadvertently. When Lang Hongyi's off-road vehicle lights once again shone on the small ancient building where we lived for one night and then left, it was already ten minutes after dark.
On the traffic thoroughfare across an intersection, people who had returned home late were still coming and going, the street lights and the neon signs of the shops alternated with light and shadow, and the whole street was still a lively scene.
No one is seen walking around here anymore. The front desk lights that were supposed to be brightly lit 24 hours a day have been turned off. The whole small building guest house looks lifeless and unpopular. It is very quiet around. Not even the wild dogs and night cats can be seen.
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With the light of the car's headlights, I could clearly see that the walls outside the entire building and the roof of the three-story building, which was not very high, were all covered with dense ivy.
Dark green vines climbed up the wall, not revealing the color of the original wall inside at all. I couldn't help but whistle, "That's great. How much nitrogen fertilizer was used?"
Lang Hongyi chuckled when he heard my teasing words, "Is this thing considered a supernatural phenomenon? After all, no amount of nitrogen fertilizer can make a previously invisible ivy grow into such a grand event in just a few days."
I can only tell the most likely real reason for this look, "It must be Yin Qi. The ivy likes Yin, and the special shape of its leaves can also block the Yang Qi of the sun. It is the favorite plant of the Wun Gu. It is almost the same as them."
If they complement each other and grow like this, it's probably the one who can't wait to meet us!"
"Then what are you waiting for? Let's go in." Lang Hongyi rarely took the initiative to pick up the backpack I had prepared before. He was pressed for time. Except for a few talisman papers, the rest were basically mine.
The same old treasures.
Following Lang Hongyi's actions, I got out of the passenger seat. When I closed the car door, I saw Lang Hongyi who was already walking towards the guest house. I couldn't help but made a joke, "In such a hurry, I thought you were...
I want to see the boss lady as soon as possible!"
The door of the guest house was actually locked. Lang Hongyi started to knock on the door tentatively. We all know that even if the proprietress was not at the counter, she was still living in the first room at the corner of the first floor. When she knocked hard and shouted, the lady inside
People can definitely hear it!
For some unknown reason, the landlady who was supposed to come out to check didn't show up.
Lang Hongyi was a little anxious. He found a brick by the door and was about to smash open the glass door. He asked me to grab his arm in time and motioned in the direction of the camera next to the street lamp!
"Don't be impulsive, let me try!"
I know that Lang Hongyi may suspect that the boss's wife has been killed. If it is true, breaking down the door now will be very detrimental to us, and there will probably be people who can't explain it.
I made my last attempt, and when I knocked on the door of the store, I yelled inside, "Mrs. Boss, I'm the one who promised to help before. We're back. If you hear this, come out and open the door for us!"
This time, there was a reaction inside the store. I saw a piece of light peeking out from the crack of the door of the room on the first floor, venting on the ground, illuminating a circle of light, and the old wooden door made a creaking sound.
It was opened a crack, and the light of a flashlight shone toward the outside.
The door was opened, and the lights in the front foyer where the bar was located came on. This light not only allowed the people inside to clearly see us outside the door, but also allowed us to see the people inside.
Just one glance made me open my mouth in surprise, and Lang Hongyi also had disbelief in his eyes. He turned his head to look at me in shock, as if for confirmation, and I could only cast a helpless look back.
The strong landlady who originally impressed us so much, with a cigarette in her mouth and an indifferent expression tempered by the world, now has her thin cheeks sunken.
The large pajamas that I used to wear now look unusually fat on a body that has lost at least 80 pounds. A person of this age has lost weight rapidly. The skin on his face is sagging and covered with deep wrinkles, making him look ten years older.
He looked very haggard.
If the boss lady hadn't put a cigarette in the corner of her mouth to be bold when she went out, I wouldn't have dared to confirm that they were the same person without this classic move.
"Thank God, you guys are finally back. I thought..." Before the next words were spoken, we all clearly saw the proprietress turn her head and glance towards the stairs after opening the door, and shuddered.
When I walked into the very familiar front room, the bar and small sofa were still the same. Nothing had changed. I didn’t speak first, but I reached out for the switches on the wall and turned them on, lighting up all the lights here instantly.
The room was brightly lit, which temporarily dispelled the darkness in the room, except...
Except for the long, winding aisle.
The proprietress habitually sat back at the bar counter, and Lang Hongyi and I sat down on the only small sofa without any courtesy. Our backpacks were placed on the round coffee table.
"What happened these days? Why did you... lose so much weight?"
I finally couldn't help but ask the question that had been confusing us. I looked at her face carefully after the lights were turned on. There was a lot of yin on it, but it was not enough to affect human health. Unlucky is certain, but it has not yet caused damage.
other degrees.
Unexpectedly, my question caused the boss lady to have an emotional breakdown. One second she was still smoking, and the next second she had lost her cigarette butt. She covered her face and cried bitterly. Her voice was very loud and she cried extremely wantonly without caring about her image.
Question, it can be said that he has completely given up on maintaining his image and has completely let go.
Faced with such a situation, I didn't know how to comfort me. I could only stand quietly and watch like that. But within two minutes, I was no longer calm, because my ears clearly told my brain that
The boss lady is definitely not the only one crying now!
Under the cover of the proprietress's wails, there was obviously a burst of crying coming from other places. The cry was much softer than that of the proprietress, but the sound was more miserable, as if it was filled with extreme grievance and sadness!
There is a big difference compared to the simple cries that the landlady now expresses her emotions.
Lang Hongyi also heard this voice, stepped forward, across the bar counter, used his long arms to cover the mouth of the landlady, and signaled her to be quiet immediately with his eyes.
In the entire third-floor guest house, after the proprietress was forced to shut up, a burst of intermittent crying echoed throughout the space, with endless sadness and real grievance and unwillingness!
People who heard this sound, even if they were mentally prepared, still couldn't help but get goosebumps and feel chills all over their bodies.
"Are there any other guests here besides you?" I asked this question directly, almost subconsciously.
The thin and disfigured face of the landlady turned pale with fright. She disheveled her hair and shook her head desperately, not daring to speak out amid the cries.
There was no one else, so the person who was crying now must not be a person. And when I followed the sound to find the location, my eyes fell in the direction of the stairs leading upstairs again, and I saw the huge turn of the stairs that reflected my figure.
The position of the mirror and the mirror covered with red ropes have changed.
I was surprised to see traces of cracks on it, and at the same time, a lot of Yin Qi leaked from the mirror. There was obviously something going on here that was beyond my control, and the seal on the mirror was obviously loose.