Are you afraid?

The second bedroom is a beautiful western style bedroom.White wrought-iron bed, pink sheets, half-opened folding door to see a small balcony outside.There is a white rattan chair with a backrest.

This should be reserved for his mother's room.

Although it was empty when he came, it was easy to guess this.

Nie Xi couldn't wait to walk to the balcony, but was stunned for a moment.

The sky was white, dazzling and dizzying.And the balcony's beautifully carved fence was covered with grayish-white ashes, exuding an unpleasant smell of burnt protein.

Nie Xi retreated to the second bedroom. This time, he found a diary on the bedside table.

[August [-]th, overcast, the sixth day of the seventh lunar month.After waiting for many years, my dear baby was born, she is our favorite treasure.We should do our best to protect her, care for her, and let her grow up healthily.Thank God, Ma Lin, who was always very anxious since she found out she was pregnant, has calmed down after seeing the baby. 】

On the sixth day of July, he knew it was his fucking birthday.

When Nie Xi was about to put down the diary, his ankle was suddenly grabbed by a force.

Looking down, a ball-jointed wrist grabbed him.

White hat?

Nie Xi struggled vigorously, stepping on that hand with his other free leg.But the doll's hand was extremely strong. Not only did Nie Xi not step on it, but because he couldn't stand on one foot, he was dragged by it and fell to the ground.

With a bang, Nie Xi was dizzy from the strong fall.

"You are free, I will stay in the amusement park forever..." A small male voice muttered.

Nie Xi turned over and looked under the bed.

The puppet arm holding his ankle is attached to a boy with a missing face.The exposed facial tissues had lost the elasticity and rosiness of fresh flesh, and ashes and rotting matter stuck to only half of his skull.

"George?"

Nie Xi's momentary stupefaction made him forget about struggling.He was dragged under the bed with a whoosh.

When it was dark, Nie Xi gasped a few times and raised his hands to guard against the incoming attacks, but in the end he was unharmed.

Nie Xi tentatively let go of the arm covering his head and face, only the dark spring mattress in front of him.

There was no one else under the bed.There is only himself here.

Before Nie Xi had time to think, another female voice came from outside.

"Bad boy, are you playing hide and seek with me?" The woman's suppressed laughter came from outside the door. "If you are caught by me, the punishment is to let me bite~"

Mother?

Nie Xi wondered uncertainly about the coincidence point between that strange voice and Zhang Ningshu's voice from memory.

The sound of rattling high-heeled shoes gradually faded away, Nie Xi tentatively crawled out from under the bed, and found a peaceful place.

And the last bedroom...

When Nie Xi walked out, the door of the second bedroom, like the other rooms, automatically closed instantly.

Walking to the door of the master bedroom, Nie Xi put his hand on the doorknob.

Do you want to continue reading?

... No, this is the only room on the second floor. If every time you open a room, something will be triggered, maybe this room is his last chance.

Nie Xi let go of his hand and glanced left and right at the corridor.

no change.

Nie Xi walked to the wall at the end of the corridor and began to grope carefully.

The shadow, a bit like his mother, didn't know where it was coming from, but he was sure that the sound of Butcher Laddy's wheelchair was coming from that direction.

But this wall was painted with ordinary lime, which was very hard to the touch, and there was nothing unusual about it.

He should still try to leave traces of those things.However, he found no other tools in the previous three rooms.

It can only be this way……

Nie Xi ran downstairs, went to the kitchen to get a salt jar, ran to the second floor, and scattered the salt grains all over the floor.Then he opened the door to the master bedroom.

This is the master room, which has the largest area and also has a balcony.

The wardrobe placed in this room takes up the entire wall, and it is still the kind of shuttered wardrobe.Compared with other rooms, it is very trendy.

The bed is still the same style as other rooms, a bit old wrought iron bed.Blue silk bedspread.There was a photo frame on the bedside table, Nie Xi walked over and took it in his hand.

It was a photo of his grandparents, which he had seen before.

Nie Xi removed the photo frame and flipped through the back of the photo.

[Photographed on March [-], Bingwu Year. 】

Nie Xi heard from his mother.In this year, his grandparents disappeared, and her mother was only 2 years old at that time, and she was placed with his grandpa's distant relatives.

Nie Xi turned back to the front of the photo, trying to observe what was abnormal in the photo.

This photo was taken in front of this house.More than half of the background of the photo is a house, including the very interesting pointed attic and round stained glass windows.In this photo, of course, they're all in black and white.

Nie Xi went to the balcony to take a look. Here you can see the yard in front of the house, where grandparents took pictures.

But at this moment, it is similar to the view seen from the opposite room.The white sky, the gray-white ground, and a strange burnt smell wafted out.

no clue...

But there should be a diary in this room.

Nie Xi walked back into the room and searched the bedside table and dresser, but found nothing.Finally, he turned his attention to the wardrobe that took up an entire wall.

With a creak, Nie Xi opened the closet door on the far side.Surprisingly, there were still clothes hanging inside.

Nie Xi took some clothes and came down to observe.Discovery is a popular suit style many years ago.

He searched all the pockets of his clothes, and actually found a crumpled roll of paper in a trouser pocket.

[I can't say, dear Marlene.I had nightmares for several nights in a row and was exhausted.I don't remember anything else in the dream, but I always remember that there is a white...like lamp...]

These words are very scribbled and crossed out. This is a piece of old manuscript paper. I don't know why his grandfather still keeps it in his pocket.

But Nie Xi sensitively saw the key word in it, lamp.

If it is really like what the dream hunter said, their bloodline is very special, and it is an indispensable member of the dream hunter.Then Marlene, who was originally living abroad, should also be one of the dream hunters.She came to China with her grandfather and didn't want to go back to visit her family. There is no doubt that there are things she doesn't want to face.

Is it the dream hunter or something else?

Later they disappeared, was it because of the situation or external interference?

He wasn't born at all at that time, why would there be these past events in his dreams?Is this information imagined by himself, or does it come from some hints?

Nie Xi directly opened the second door of the closet.

Here are his grandma's clothes.Most of the clothes are cheongsams.Of course there were a few beautiful dresses too.

On the wardrobe shelf above, there is what looks like a jewelry box.

Nie Xi took it down.

Inside were black flannel and a shiny silver dagger.There was also a note on it.

[The leading lighthouse has fallen, and no one has set foot in the unknown new world. 】

Nie Xi immediately took the weapon into his hands.

squeak……

A piercing noise, like a hacksaw cutting through iron bars, pierced Nie Xi's ears.He covered his ears impatiently, and saw the closed door being hammered hard.

"Haha, you're hiding here!" The woman's sharp laughter came in and went straight to the eardrums. "Open the door, I have carefully prepared delicious food, don't you appreciate it?"

Following the woman's words, the bedroom door shook violently again.

Nie Xi clenched the dagger in his hand, struggling with the two decisions in his mind.

Should he charge up with the weapon and fight the weird thing outside, or hide like he did in the other rooms?

...In the end, Nie Xi dodged and hid in the cabinet.

With a bang, the door was knocked open.

This time, the thing walked in.

Nie Xi, who was standing among the hangers, saw the scene outside through the shuttered cabinet door.

Because the shutters on the cabinet door open downwards, only the lower angle of view is more complete. The only thing Nie Xi can see clearly is the pair of familiar brown high-heeled shoes.As for the woman's upper body, through the sections of the blinds, one can barely see that she is still wearing a white dress and a little bit of lipstick on the corners of her mouth.

"Where are you hiding, cutie?" The woman giggled and walked around the room.

Nie Xi lowered his breath and raised the dagger in front of him.

"Hmm~~" The woman was in a good mood, and seemed to be still humming.

After turning around twice, like a very good playmate, she suddenly laughed, bent her waist in half and looked down at the bed.

"Here it is!"

Of course, Nie Xi wasn't there...

"Oh... naughty little guy..." the woman muttered in disappointment.Slowly straightened up and walked out slowly.

Nie Xi, who was hiding in the cabinet, was already covered in cold sweat.

When the woman's head fell to the floor just now, he finally saw her face.

Protruding eyeballs covered with blue veins, sharp and long teeth exposed, and bright red lips grinning from ear to ear.Head upside down laughing.Although it looks like a monster, Nie Xi can still see clearly that the facial features are his mother.