Chapter 7 Don't take the opportunity to wipe the oil
Si Ye fell into a long dream.
In the dream, he was sitting on a green leather sofa, surrounded by white mist. Soon, a person walked out of the mist, looking like a shapeless shadow.
She is a girl, similar in age to Si Ye.
Her face was obscured by her long hair, so her appearance could not be seen clearly. The skirt on her body was very dirty and torn. She almost walked forward in a slow manner, leaving long bloody marks along the way.
There is only one mark.
She walked up to Si Ye, knelt down and lay on his legs, as if she was complaining.
Si Ye stopped playing around, sighed softly, touched her head and said, "I've been to Qin Laosan, please wait a moment."
The girl cried out.
"Don't worry, since I borrowed your family name, I will definitely find out the matter." Si Ye looked down at her.
After a long time, he added unbearably -
"Otherwise, I'll burn you some beautiful clothes. What you're wearing is really unsightly."
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After midnight, before the rooster crows.
Si Ye walked out of the room lightly dressed and went downstairs with light and fast steps.
Lao Guan snored loudly while sleeping in the small room on the first floor. The inn did not have the habit of locking the door. When he opened the door, he faced the long alley of the ancient city.
The cold air made Si Ye shiver. It was quite cold in Shangri-La in April.
The door of Qin Laosan's handicraft shop was closed tightly, and the red lantern was no longer there.
Si Ye sneered after seeing it, wasn't it used to illuminate? Why did he carry it in at night?
The roller shutter outside the shop door was lowered. Si Ye looked at the shops on the left and right. They were all simply locked, and the layout inside could be seen through the doors and windows. On the contrary, a shop like Qin Laosan's, which was in a downturn, had to be locked like this.
Strict?
Si Ye took a few steps back and stood across the street from the shop, looking up in the moonlight.
Qin Laosan's shop is the same as other shops. It has two floors. If the business is good, the second floor is open to sell goods. If the business is average, the second floor is used for living.
Si Ye narrowed his eyes slightly.
He must have seen it right just now, there was a shadow passing by the window on the second floor.
After re-examining the shop in front of him, he quickly found a place where he could lend a hand. He easily jumped up to the flower stand on the second floor and pushed the window. The lock was quite loose.
The room he broke into was probably used for storing groceries and had a musty smell. Si Ye lightly closed the window and covered his mouth with his sleeves to look at the layout of the room.
It's not big, and it's clearly visible at a glance. Things are piled up in a mess, and the suspicious shadow just now is nowhere to be seen.
He left the room.
The layout is similar to the first floor. There is a corridor in front of you, and you can only judge the end by the dim light of the moon.
The corridor is not long, and there is a small hall with an area of more than ten square meters. There is a simple dining table and two wooden chairs in the small hall. At one end is the kitchen, with the door closed.
There are two rooms at the other end, and you have to go through the small hall.
As expected, people live on the second floor.
Si Ye stepped lightly and walked through the hall.
Suddenly, I felt a chill on my back. I turned my head suddenly and saw nothing behind me.
But something is wrong, there must be something in this house.
He turned his gaze back, but then a red light flew past the corner of his eye. Soon, he was caught off guard. Si Ye leaned his back against the wall and closed his eyes for a moment. When he opened them again, his eyes were back to normal.
If I feel right, the red light should have penetrated into the room on his left.
Cautiously approaching the room on the left, he tried pushing the door. It was unlocked, but the surrounding area was too clean, so the old door would make some noise.
He pushed the door as gently as possible. The moment he pushed the door open, he bumped into his eyes in mid-air!
Si Zhi was stunned.
It's a portrait hanging on the opposite wall.
Under the portrait is an altar with an incense burner in the middle, candles on both sides of the incense burner, and offerings such as fruits and pastries.
Qin Laosan.
According to what Qin Laosan's wife said, this man has been dead for nearly half a year, but the altar has not been removed, and... Si Ye took a look at the candles, red candles for dead people?
One side of the room was blocked by a curtain. The black curtain did not allow light to pass through, but there was a gap between the curtain and the ground. Through the flickering candlelight, I could vaguely see something placed inside.
A very long wooden box.
No, Si Ye realized, it was a coffin.
Who in their right mind would place a coffin at home?
Si Ye put his fingers on the curtain and opened it bit by bit.
But at this moment, I heard a creaking sound.
The voice was very soft, but it was particularly clear because of the silent environment.
It seemed like someone got out of bed.
As soon as Si Ye had this idea, he felt his arm being pulled violently by a strong force, and his whole body was carried out by this force. The moment his back pressed against the wall, he heard the door in the innermost room creak open.
Already.
The sound of footsteps is coming this way.
I pulled my slippers on, and the slippers scraped against the ground, step by step, very slowly.
Si Ye took the opportunity to pull the people around him and hid in the corner of the window, and the curtain closed it. At the same time, through the gap in the curtain, he saw that it was Qin Laosan's wife.
His hair was disheveled, but he was still wearing the same outfit he had met before. No need to change clothes when sleeping?
The pale moonlight fell on her furrowed face, numb and cold.
She stood there for a long time and looked around for a long time. Finally, she turned her head and her eyes fell on the curtains here. At the same time, Si Ye also loosened the curtains and closed the gap.
The person standing face to face with him, although wearing a black mask, had extremely recognizable eyes, aloof and indifferent.
The two people are of similar height, about 185cm tall, with tall and tall figures. The area under the curtains is small and limited, so the two of them are almost touching each other.
Si Ye sneered in a low voice, "Damn, Cheng Zhan, you still have this hobby. I'm pretty handsome, don't take advantage of me."
Seeing that he was recognized, Cheng Zhan took off his mask, lowered his voice and said coldly, "Shut up."
There was no movement of steps forward.
But Si Ye was sure that the woman had not left and was still standing where she was.
It's strange enough. Standing there and not coming forward, what are you thinking?
But it’s okay not to step forward, otherwise it would be too embarrassing if someone caught you on the scene, right?
In this way, a curtain separated the two worlds.
On such a strange night, at this moment of silence, Si Ye couldn't even tell for a moment whether the person standing on the other side of the curtain was a human being.
How could he be reacting like this if he were a normal person?
The woman refused to leave, so naturally they couldn't go out openly.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Si Ye was sizing up Cheng Zhan in front of him. Anyway, idleness was idleness.
At this time, the entire ancient city was plunged into darkness. The street lights were dim and shadows fell into the windows. Cheng Zhan tilted his face, always alert to the movement outside the curtains, so most of his face was hidden in the shadows.
The half-dark light fell on his straight nose. The closer the distance, the outline of his facial features came into view clearly, and his eyes were light but as deep as stars.
He looks good in dark clothes. He has a sense of loneliness and independence from the world of mortals. He is very mysterious and eye-catching.
"Have you seen enough?" Cheng Zhan's voice was cold and he opened the curtains.