The Taoist Master carried two portions of fried noodles, opened the door to the girls' room with his room card, and walked in.
The room was empty.
As soon as the Taoist priest entered the bedroom, a small black thing jumped out of the bed and landed at the Taoist priest's feet.
The Taoist priest put the noodles on the table, knelt down and picked up the small thing.
It's black leather.
Heipi's ears curled up and down, twisting anxiously in the Taoist Master's hands, as if he wanted to say something to him.
"Where's Xiaolan?!" Heipi shouted, "Where did Xiaolan go? Where did they all go? Why did everyone disappear when I woke up?!..."
"You are talking," the Taoist priest tilted his head, "It's a pity that I can't hear your voice."
Hei Pi was so anxious that Hei Pi's experience in the past few days gave him a strong fear of abandonment. Many children suffer from this phobia, and Hei Pi is no exception.
"If you are asking about Xiaolan," the Taoist priest touched Heipi's head, "she will be back in a few days."
Black Pi finally became quiet and his little ears drooped.
The Taoist priest looked at Heipi's appearance, rubbed its little ears lovingly, and then suddenly thought of something.
"How about I bring the Rabbit and the Son of Light to accompany you." The Taoist Master stood up.
Heipi struggled excitedly.
"No! I hate those two guys!" Heipi yelled at the top of his lungs, "Please! I can do it alone! Really!..."
"Don't worry, I'll pick them up right away," the Taoist priest put Heipi back on Xiaolan's bed, "Wait for me."
The Taoist priest stepped forward with his front legs, and the black-skinned hind legs jumped off the bed. It hugged the Taoist priest's trouser legs and begged pitifully.
"No...just leave me alone for a while!..."
"I know," the Taoist priest smiled softly, "I like you very much too."
After saying that, the Taoist leader cruelly left Heipi where he was and decisively walked out of the door.
When he came back, the Taoist Master held the Son of Light in one hand and the pink rabbit on his shoulder. As two guys who had never seen a girl's bedroom before, both of them looked curious.
"Heipi...Where's Heipi?"
The Taoist priest rummaged in Xiaolan's bed for a long time before he found Hei Pi who was trying to become invisible.
"Your little friend is here," the Taoist priest carried Heipi to the Son of Light and Rabbit, "Let's go play."
After taking care of the children's affairs, the Taoist priest returned to the table and ate fried noodles. He looked back at the three pets wrestling with each other from time to time and smiled happily.
The Taoist priest looked out the window.
Night gradually enveloped the world outside the window. In the night, there were countless people with ulterior motives.
The Taoist priest put down his chopsticks and sighed.
Tonight, I have to rely on myself and these three little guys.
***
"You're finally here," Wu Ren pretended not to notice the snack bags everyone was carrying and said in a reserved manner, "It's so slow."
Qin Yin presented the snacks in his hand, "Aren't we preparing something delicious for you?"
"Come here, why bring a gift?" Wu Ren seemed to have just seen the gift, trying to control his expression and not to look too happy, "You are too polite."
Obviously when we are still twenty meters away from you, your eyes have already focused on these snacks.
"Please come in." The baby opened the tent door and invited them in with one hand.
It was pitch dark inside the tent, but everyone knew that after entering, they would see a different scene.
The tent door curtain was closed, and bright light began to appear around everyone. The light gradually diffused, outlining the appearance of the interior of the tent.
Wu Ren looked at them expectantly and blinked.
"Oh, by the way," the fool opened his backpack, "that painting..."
Wu Ren's eyes suddenly flashed with murderous intent.
"What kind of painting?" Xiao Lan stood on end and quickly placed the snacks in everyone's hands in front of Wu Ren. "This is almond cake, this is pork floss and scallops, this is beef jerky, this is roasted chicken with honey sauce..."
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"Wow, they all look delicious," Wu Ren looked at the snacks intently, "Thank you, you spent a lot of money."
At least look at the other person when you say thank you.
"What paintings are you going to let the little gods see?" Baobao mentioned the business.
The fool who was frightened by Wu Ren's look just now started to fumble around in the bag. After a while, he took out the painting. The empty painting was rolled up carefully. The baby took the painting and showed it in front of Wu Ren.
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"Well..." Wu Ren held his chin, observed intently for a long time, raised his eyes and said, "There is nothing up there."
...Do you even need to say this?
"On the back of the painting," the fool pointed to the other side, "there is something on the back."
The baby turned to the back of the painting, and the two squinted at it for a while.
"This face," said the fool, "is the one..."
"I know," Wu Ren took out a half-moon-shaped fan from somewhere and started fanning it leisurely, "I know your matter. Your problem has been solved, right, Xiao Xu?"
The way Wu Ren looked at the fool was like looking at a child whose lie had been exposed.
"Everything...has been solved," the fool lowered his head, "except for this painting..."
"That girl has left?"
"Left," Qin Yin said, "I watched her leave."
Wu Ren's eyes naturally moved to Qin Yin. She stared at Qin Yin thoughtfully and seemed to nod.
"very good."
"So what's going on with this painting?" Xiaolan asked.
Wu Ren paused for a while and then asked, "Why do you want to study this painting?"
Everyone looked at each other in shock.
"The bridge didn't ask us to..."
"Ah, there is no bridge," Wu Ren's tone and eyes were filled with joy, "Have you seen the bridge?"
"Of course," Qin Yin muttered, "Isn't he the god of Qiao Meizhen?"
"What didn't Qiao say to you?"
Xiaolan thought for a while and said nothing.
"I didn't say anything," Qin Yin said, "He just asked us to help him investigate this painting. This is a clue left by Lu Jieyi's father, and it is related to Qiao Mei's life."
"Eh-" Wu Ren drawled her voice, and she looked at Xiaolan with a slight smile, "Is there nothing else?"
Xiaolan swallowed.
There was a bit of joking in Wu Ren's smile. After a while, she finally let go of Xiaolan and said to everyone, "I know about this painting."
The fool's shoulders trembled and he blurted out, "Is that person's soul sealed inside?"
"That's a pretty good guess," Wu Ren said, turning around and walking back, "Follow me."
Everyone did not hesitate and followed Wu Ren into the darkness ahead. After a few steps, a door curtain appeared in front of everyone.
Wu Ren opened the corner of the door curtain, and candlelight was flickering inside.