spooky invasion

Chapter 412 Is it Beauty Snake or Qiusheng Gallery?
Jiang Yue could naturally feel the old man's kindness.

But now is obviously not the time for him to stay, every minute of delay, the situation on Lao Han's side will become more troublesome.

Under the eyes of the old lady's persuasion, Jiang Yue still decided to open the door and leave.

Those who were hiding behind doors and curtains in this block were relieved to see Jiang Yue striding away.

Jiang Yue walked in the streets and alleys of Wumei, and the memory of Wumei and reality gradually overlapped.Although there have been many changes in two years, the main pattern of streets and alleys will not change much.

Jiang Yue quickly judged his position.

Wu Mei said it was not big, but it was actually not small. If she searched for it in such a family, it would not be so easy to find the Beauty Snake Gallery.

Moreover, many galleries will be concentrated in certain buildings, and it may not be possible to see conspicuous signs from the outside.

Bang, bang!
Jiang Yue was walking when there were piercing sounds in his ears.

Looking up, he saw a figure not far away looking for the trash can, and his movements were so large that the trash can rattled.

Jiang Yue felt strange, and felt that something was abnormal.

Everyone here is eager to close the door, and then weld several layers of insurance, wishing to be completely isolated from the outside world.

Even if you hide at home, try not to make any noise.

This one is a different kind, not only wandering around on the street, but also seems to be angry, deliberately making such a big commotion.

Isn't he afraid of ghosts entangled him?

When Jiang Yue approached, the man just raised his head and gave a numb glance, and continued to rummaging through boxes and cabinets.

Before he got close, Jiang Yue smelled a pungent rancid smell from this person's body. It must have been at least three to five months without a bath to ferment the stench.

It turned out to be a tramp.

In the sunny era, homeless people could still get a bite to eat no matter what they did.With the arrival of the weird era, a bite has become the most precious thing.

The first to starve, of course, is this tramp.

Judging by the urgency with which he rummaged through boxes and cabinets, he must have been hungry for more than a day or two.

Seeing Jiang Yue approaching, the homeless man didn't even bother to raise his eyelids. Hunger had already made him numb to everything else, so naturally there was no fear or worry.

It's already like this, still afraid of an egg?
"Hey, buddy, looking for something to eat?" Jiang Yue casually took out a Snickers bar from his backpack and threw it over.

The tramp probably never expected that someone would come out at night and give him something to eat.Instinctively caught it, and hurriedly pulled the package, without even pulling it completely, and hurriedly stuffed the wrapping paper into his mouth, as if he was afraid that someone would jump out and snatch it if he moved too slowly.

A Snickers bar obviously couldn't keep him full. The homeless man ate seriously, licking the wrapping paper over and over again, licking the crumbs that leaked from between his fingers, until he couldn't find any crumbs.

After eating, the homeless man looked at Jiang Yue eagerly again, but he didn't take the initiative to speak, but his eyes were self-evident, obviously he still wanted it.

"Do you still want to eat?"

"think."

It turned out that he was not a mute, and judging from his voice, he didn't seem to be very old, but his hair and beard were messy, covering half of his face, so he couldn't tell his age at all.

"I'm asking for a place. If you know, I'll give you another one."

The homeless man swallowed his saliva, obviously relishing the delicious Snickers bar, then nodded heavily, looking at Jiang Yue with his eyes full of expectation.

"Do you know where the Beauty Snake Gallery is?"

As soon as Jiang Yue asked these five words, the homeless man's eyes twitched, and then he seemed to remember something terrible, and his body trembled involuntarily.

The fear in his eyes continued to increase, and his feet staggered back.

It's as if a Snickers bar suddenly loses its flavor.

Jiang Yue was quite surprised to see his reaction.

He didn't have much hope at first, he was just a tramp, how could he pay attention to the gallery?
There are at least hundreds of galleries in the entire Wumei community, and the probability of an urban homeless person knowing a certain gallery is almost zero.

But what Jiang Yue didn't expect was that the tramp's reaction was so extreme. It seemed that he really knew about the Beauty Snake Gallery?
Jiang Yue shook his hand, and a Snickers bar appeared in his hand again: "Brother, as long as you tell me the location of that place, it will be yours."

The temptation of the Snickers bar and the desire for food made the homeless man regain his composure.

The body is honest, and the stomach is also honest.

The dirty hand moved over to take it, but Jiang Yue blocked it.

"We'll talk about it when we get there."

The homeless man hesitated for a while, as if he couldn't resist the temptation of food after all, he winked at Jiang Yue and motioned to follow him.

This guy has probably been wandering in Wumei for a long time, and he is very familiar with the streets and alleys of Wumei, walking around, the familiarity makes Jiang Yue a little speechless.

Fortunately, Jiang Yue still has an impression of these places.

Ten minutes later, the homeless man came to the entrance of an alley: "Go here, the sixth house is the place you are looking for."

The homeless man's eyes flickered, staring at the Snickers bar in Jiang Yue's hand full of longing, and at the same time he looked eager to leave.

He looked very nervous, and looked into the alley from time to time, as if he was afraid that a monster would suddenly appear in the dark alley.

"Are you familiar with Wumei, have you been here for many years?"

The tramp shook his head, as if he didn't want to say any more, he just stared at the food in Jiang Yue's hand, wanting to end the transaction as soon as possible, and then leave.

"Give it to you." Jiang Yue didn't break his promise, he tossed the Snickers bar to the other party.

As if the homeless man had been pardoned and got the food he wanted, he turned around and left, as if some evil spirit would jump out at any time and claim his life.

"Green Grass Alley?" Jiang Yue saw a road sign at the entrance of the alleyway with arrows on it.

This kind of village alley is relatively old, and they are all old houses in Wumei Village. The original appearance is relatively complete and there are not many changes.

Because after the formation of a cultural industry in this place, there is also deliberate protection of the local old buildings, so it is not like other old towns that are demolished like crazy.

Jiang Yue knew about this Green Grass Lane before, but he had only passed by before, and had never wandered in it.

He also knows that most of the houses here are villagers' own houses, but they are basically rented out to various galleries and studios, and the rent is not bad.

Most of the old residents bought commercial housing in Star City and went to live in buildings.

Because of the power outage, there were no street lights. Looking into the alley, it was pitch black, like a bottomless pit.Countless weird and terrifying possibilities lie in wait.

The sixth house?
Jiang Yue still felt a little strange, why is a homeless man so familiar with this alley?So familiar with a gallery?
Even specific to which house?

Thinking about it carefully, it seems something is wrong?
But when the homeless man arrived on the ground, he turned around and left after getting the real thing, and he didn't intend to have an in-depth conversation with Jiang Yue at all.

"Forget it, go in and have a look."

Jiang Yue took a deep breath and stepped into the alley.

Bang!
As soon as Jiang Yue walked into the alley, a pot of green plants fell from the fence of the nearby residents without warning, and it fell one or two meters in front of Jiang Yue.

If Jiang Yue walked a step or two faster, he would probably be directly opened by this pot of green plants.

Jiang Yue looked up, and there was indeed a row of green plants on the fence, but they were obviously fixed well and were blocked by something.

Under normal conditions, it will not fall down at all.

Ok?
Is there someone behind the door?

The private houses have the kind of double-opening iron doors, and you can see each other from inside and outside.

It's just that in the night, the line of sight is relatively poor, and the man is hiding behind the gatepost next to the iron gate, so Jiang Yue didn't see it for a while.

When Jiang Yue reacted, the man suddenly let go and rushed into the room, then hid in the room and refused to come out.

Although the dark night affected his vision, Jiang Yue's night vision ability still played a role. Looking at the other person's body, it should be a middle-aged woman, about the same age as the proprietress of the children's clothing store last time.

However, this woman is much petite and thinner.

"Could it be that she deliberately knocked down the potted plants on the wall?" A thought flashed in Jiang Yue's mind.

"Is she trying to remind me of something?"

Jiang Yue thought for a while, but couldn't figure it out, so he had to leave.

After a while, Jiang Yue came to the sixth building.

In fact, there are buildings at both ends of the laneway, and there is also a sixth building.

However, Jiang Yue soon discovered that the building on the left hand side after entering had obviously gone through some repairs, carefully designed and decorated, exuding a strong artistic style.

The most important thing is that the signboard of "Beauty Snake Gallery" is hung on this building.

"Is it here?"

Jiang Yue didn't even expect that it went well.

The courtyard door was only ajar and was not locked. Jiang Yue gently pushed it open and slipped in.

They have already come here. If there is monitoring, no matter what method they use, they will not be able to avoid the eyes and ears of the other party. It is better to be more generous.

To Jiang Yue's surprise, after entering the door, he didn't feel the strange feeling rushing towards his face.

There does not seem to be the eerie sense of haunting ghosts.

This kind of old house, the yard is not big, but it is very delicately arranged.

Drawing boards are placed in many places in the yard, and there are still some unfinished paintings on some drawing boards.

On the whole, this is a very normal creation point.

Beep!
Jiang Yue stepped forward and knocked on the door.

There were indeed people inside the door, and the speed of opening the door was not slow, but the person who opened the door was still looking at Jiang Yue with some vigilance on his face.

"Who are you looking for?"

"The Beauty Snake Gallery?" Jiang Yue asked in surprise.

On the opposite side was a slender young man with long hair who rolled his eyes and asked, "Don't you know how to read?"

The tone is quite aggressive.

Jiang Yue wasn't angry either, he smiled and said, "Are you the owner of this gallery?"

"Do you have something to do?" The other party seemed a little impatient, as if he didn't welcome Jiang Yue as an unexpected visitor.

"Brother, is it convenient to go in and have a chat?"

"It's inconvenient." The long-haired young man directly expressed his impatience on his face, and wanted to close the door with his hand.

Jiang Yue stretched out a hand with a playful smile, and stuck it on the crack of the door.

"Get up." The long-haired young man said with a dark face, "I'm not responsible for any damage."

"Inquire about something."

"I don't know, get away!" The long-haired young man stretched out his hand and grabbed Jiang Yue's arm, intending to move his arm to close the door.

"A pack of cigarettes." Jiang Yue said.

The other party was startled, and then impatient again.

Before the other party opened his mouth to expel him, Jiang Yue upgraded again: "One!"

Sure enough, there is nothing in the world that cannot be discussed, the key is that you have to take out the chips that the other party wants.

Jiang Yue saw that the young man had yellow teeth, yellow fingers, and a strong smell of smoke when he opened his mouth. He quickly judged that the young man was a smoker who was addicted to smoking.

For old smokers, smoke is the most attractive.

"Where's the cigarette?" The long-haired young man's attitude was a little loose, and he looked Jiang Yue up and down to see where he could hide a cigarette all over his body.

Jiang Yue actually had a lot of food and medicine in his backpack, but there was really no smoke.

"There are no cigarettes now, but I'll get you one later."

"If you don't have a cigarette, just say jb." The other party was obviously displeased, thinking that Jiang Yue was playing him.

"There is no smoking. I can mortgage food and medicine. You can't just want cigarettes, right? Don't you need food and medicine?"

The man was taken aback for another moment, subconsciously glanced back, and said hesitantly, "Do you have any anti-inflammatory medicine?"

Jiang Yue quickly took out a box of two cephalosporin capsules and threw them over.

The long-haired young man probably didn't expect things to go so smoothly, and even had some doubts, carefully turning over two plates of cephalosporins.

"What do you want to know?" The long-haired youth checked for a long time before remembering that Jiang Yue was still standing at the door.

"Did a group of people from the Action Bureau come here yesterday?"

"People from the Operation Bureau?" The long-haired youth was confused, "No one came here yesterday, okay?"

The tone of the long-haired young man was surprised. Jiang Yue checked his words and found that the other party was not lying to hide.

Old Han and the others didn't come here?
It shouldn't be, the Action Bureau's actions are very disciplined, since they are here to investigate the weird incident in the Beauty Snake Gallery, it doesn't make sense that they haven't arrived for so long.

Seeing Jiang Yue's bewildered expression, the long-haired youth couldn't help but ask, "You must have found the wrong place, right?"

"Isn't this the Beauty Snake Gallery?"

The long-haired young man looked a little embarrassed, and his movements were concealed. He put the cephalosporin capsule in his trouser pocket calmly, then pulled Jiang Yue towards the door, pointed to the signboard and said, "Brother, look clearly, this is Qiusheng Gallery."

What?
Jiang Yue rubbed his eyes, and saw that there were only four words on the signboard - Qiusheng Gallery.

How could this be?
Jiang Yue was well-informed, and now he broke out in a cold sweat.

Just now he clearly saw the five words Beauty Snake Gallery on the signboard.

Even if he was dazzled, he wouldn't be dazzled like this.

Jiang Yue deliberately walked to the signboard, observed it carefully for a while, and confirmed that he would never misread it this time, it was the four words, Qiusheng Gallery.

Seeing his stunned look, the long-haired young man couldn't help but suspect that this person must be mentally ill, right?I can't count four or five characters, and I'm so surprised.

But he always has food and medicine on him, so he obviously doesn't look like that kind of mentally handicapped person.

"Brother, do you see clearly? Let's talk about it first, and you've asked all the questions, and the cephalosporin will not be refunded." The long-haired young man seemed to be afraid of Jiang Yue's repentance, and he emphasized it specially.

(End of this chapter)