strange neighbor

The New Year's Eve has passed, and Jiang Duo was about to go to Dawu Mountain to investigate Qi Hao's traces, but he didn't expect to meet an old acquaintance before he set off.

"Li Zheng?" Jiang Duo frowned and looked at the people he blocked in the dead end.

Who is this wretched man in front of him if he is not Li Zheng?

Before leaving, Jiang Duo went to the supermarket to buy a lot of things, from milk to fruits, and various vegetables. He was not sure how many days he would be there, and he was really worried that Ding Shijin would be alone at home. He was worried that he would not be able to take care of himself, so he planned to buy Some things go back to make semi-finished products, just let Ah Jin warm up every meal.

From the moment he went out, he noticed that someone was following him furtively. Finally, after leaving the supermarket, he deliberately took him to a small alley and blocked him.

"I..." Li Zheng pursed his lips, his eyes fluttered all over the place.

Jiang Duo frowned and looked at him: "What's the matter?"

Li Zheng smiled unnaturally: "Are you... busy?"

I got a 'crazy' look from Jiang Duo.

"It's okay... I'm okay, passing by, haha, passing by."

After speaking, he fled under Jiang Duo's gaze.

Jiang Duo stood in place, watching Li Zheng's two short legs seem to step on hot wheels, and then disappeared in a few blinks. He picked up his things and left.

After returning home, he was putting things in the refrigerator while chatting with Ding Shijin.

"Fruit..." Jiang Duo shook the pear in his hand: "It's about three or four days' worth, don't let it go, I'll check it when I come back."

Ding Shijin leaned against the door frame of the kitchen, watching him busy.

"Small wontons... Dumplings, and steamed stuffed buns, these are the only things that can be stored for a long time at present. You can eat as much as you can, and I will come back as soon as possible."

Thinking of something, he closed the refrigerator door, turned around and grabbed Ding Shijin's wrist: "I saw Li Zheng today."

Ding Shijin was taken aback: "Li Zheng?"

"Well, it seems to be well-developed, wearing an expensive suit, and has followed me all the way since I went out, Ah Jin... You must pay attention to safety when I'm not here for a few days, I'm worried that Li Zheng's intentions are not right."

Ding Shijin nodded, looking thoughtful.

The night before they left, the two had been messing around for a long time. Ding Shijin looked at the man under the bed like a big dog and a wolf on the bed, full of helplessness, and finally fell asleep in Jiang Duo's arms.

Jiang Duo woke up very early, he was worried that Ah Jin would be alone at home, so he re-fortified the formation in front of and behind the house, contacted Si Sanye and his master by phone, and asked them to take care of Ding Shijin more.

"I said—" Si Shaojun smiled on the other end of the phone: "Ding Shijin is 26 years old, not 6 years old, what about you?"

Jiang Duo sighed: "Ah Jin's body is weak, I'm not by his side, I'm really worried."

Hearing Jiang Duo's serious tone, Si Shaojun unconsciously tapped on the table with his fingers curled up: "Okay, I'll make sure I'll show you."

Ding Shijin drove Jiang Duo to the airport, and then drove home by himself.

Dawu Mountain is located in the easternmost part of Huaguo. It has not been developed yet, and it has always been in a closed state. People outside can't get in, and people inside can't get out. It is almost cut off from the outside world. , Team Liu said that the person seen by the surveillance near Dawu Mountain was also referring to a full [-] kilometers away from Dawu Mountain, and that was already the closest location to Dawu Mountain.

Jiang Duo stepped out of the airport, and suddenly a biting cold wind hit his face. The city he landed in was a second-tier city to which Dawushan belonged. It was said to be a second-tier city, but the traffic and other things were not convenient enough. It was already twelve o'clock at noon. The clock was ticking, and Jiang Duo didn't want to waste time, so he bought a ticket to Dawushan Town directly at the airport.

After driving for three hours, he arrived at the town. He stood in the small town with people coming and going, frowning solemnly. This is where Team Liu said he saw the suspicious figure. He first searched the town for I went to a relatively clean small hotel, opened the door of the room, and there was only a small square window of about one square meter standing on the wall, which seemed to be chiseled open by someone, and there was a single bed inside. and a wooden bedside table.

Fortunately, there is heating in the town, so the house is very warm. Jiang Duo put down his things, took out his cell phone and called Ding Shijin first, asking him if he had eaten on time, reminding him to eat fruit later, etc. Detailed like a mother.

After hanging up the phone, he sent another message to Gao Rang, telling the other party that he had arrived, and Gao Rang replied 'be careful'.

After resting in the room for a while, Jiang Duo went out. When he walked to the front desk, the proprietress was sitting behind the bar watching TV, and she smiled kindly when she saw Jiang Duo coming out.

He stepped forward and looked at the proprietress with a smile: "Sister, which restaurant is more distinctive here?"

"Are you a provincial?"

"Yes, eldest sister has good eyesight."

The proprietress looked at him, and she couldn't help but feel a little proud when she heard the words: "That's right, there are only a few people in our town, and there are very few people from other places, especially if you have an eye-catching appearance, you can tell at a glance that you are not like us." people."

Jiang Duo frowned, with an expression of interest on his face: "Really? Are there not many people here?"

"Yes."

"I have a friend who came here a while ago. I don't know if you've seen him before. He's very thin and of medium height, about 175. When he smiles, he has a small dimple on his right cheek." Jiang Duo said.

The proprietress frowned and thought about it for a while: "This... I really don't have an impression. From your description, your friend is also a person with a more iconic appearance, but I have no impression at all."

Jiang Duo smiled knowingly: "Maybe he hasn't been here before, but went to other places."

"Yes, yes, it's possible, yes..." The proprietress patted her head: "I've been busy talking to you, are you hungry? About 200 meters south of the intersection, there is a restaurant called Lilac Restaurant. We There are more distinctive shops in the local area, you can try them.”

Jiang Duo thanked him with a smile and left. This small town is very closed, and he was recognized as soon as he arrived as an outsider. If Qihao also came here, some people should have the impression, but how to find someone to meet him? What about the people who passed him?

If there is something from him, maybe you can track it with a charm.

The town is very lively. In front of the shops on both sides of the road, there are hawkers who sell everything from fruit to clothes. The music played in a hairdressing shop has a strong sense of rhythm, and it has already floated out of the house. I can hear you.

When he came to the restaurant, he just missed the meal time, so there were very few people in the restaurant, and he did not hide at all that he was from other provinces. He asked the waiter to introduce local characteristics and recommendations in the restaurant. The waiter was an [-]-year-old. The nine-year-old girl, who had never seen such a good-looking person who looked like a star, suddenly blushed to the bottom of her ears with embarrassment, and answered Jiang Duo's question with a low voice like a mosquito humming.

And Jiang Duo, by ordering food, told her words without any trace. There are people coming and going in the restaurant, but after all, most of them are people from his own town. The little girl inside would still have an impression, but after some probing, he sighed helplessly, but still got nothing.

He didn't have much time, so he couldn't stay here all the time, so he left after a quick meal, standing at the street corner, with the cold wind blowing on his face, where would Qi Hao be?

He spent the whole afternoon inquiring around. When someone asked him, he said a little lonely that his friend had run out of trouble with his family. He was looking for people everywhere, and even promised that if anyone had a clue, he could talk to him. Get in touch, and he can pay handsomely.

It was already late when we got back to the hotel. As soon as we opened the door of the hotel, the heat rushed up. The proprietress was still watching TV. When he came back, she greeted him and poured a cup of hot water for him.

"Thank you." Jiang Duo took it.

"Hey, you're not that polite. You're cold outside, and your ears are red. What's the point of you coming this season? It's too cold. I, a local, don't like to go out."

Jiang Duo smiled, and then repeated what he had said to the others. The proprietress said oh oh twice, saying no wonder.

After drinking the water, Jiang Duo went back to his room.

He had just finished taking a hot shower when Gao Rang's video called, so he picked it up while brushing his hair.

"How is it, is there any gain?"

Jiang Duo sighed, "No."

"It's okay, as expected."

Jiang Duo hummed, thinking of something: "By the way, master, do you have that old thing in your place? I wonder if it will work if you use it for tracking."

Gao Rang hissed: "I'll look for it and tell you tomorrow."

"Row."

In the middle of the night, Jiang Duo was in a deep sleep. Suddenly there was a rustling sound in his ears, and then a woman's shrill scream came from the corridor. He opened his eyes instantly, put on his clothes, rolled over and got out of bed.

This noise woke up almost everyone, many doors were opened, some opened their heads wide open to look out, and some just opened a gap to observe secretly.

When Jiang Duo walked out, the proprietress just heard the cry and rushed over.

"What's going on?" She panicked and was at a loss.

Jiang Duo helped her, and then walked towards the end of the corridor first. This is a three-story independent building. Several lamps in the corridor were broken due to years of disrepair, and only a few lonely light bulbs were burning stubbornly. With the light on, the carpet with dark red patterns on the ground looks like it has been around for a while, and the light shining on it really gives people a not-so-good visual experience.

The two of them walked down the corridor and turned to the end.

"What's ahead?" Jiang Duo asked.

"laundry room."

Tick-tick-something dripped from the ceiling and hit the carpet, splashing little flowers.

The laundry room is at the farthest side, and there are no lights there. Jiang Duo doesn't need to look at it at all, but he can smell the strong smell of blood floating in the air with just a light breath.

"What's the smell? Ah? What's the smell?" Apparently the proprietress also noticed something was wrong.

Jiang Duo stretched out an arm to stop her, without turning his head, he said, "Blood."

The proprietress immediately covered her mouth, and her body shrank even more behind Jiang Duo. The two carefully avoided the bloodstains, and walked to the door of the laundry room, and the sound of the laundry room being working came from inside.

The proprietress was a little strange: "The sound of the washing machine? Who is doing the laundry?"

Jiang Duo stretched out his hand and twisted it twice: "Do you have a key? The door is locked."

"Yes, yes, but I didn't bring it with me downstairs."

"Thank you for your hard work."

After he finished speaking, the proprietress froze for a moment, her face was a little ugly: "I dare not..."

Looking at the weird scene in front of him, Jiang Duo pressed his tongue against his mouth, and pulled out a small black hairpin from the hidden place in his hair: "Do you mind if I open it in this way?"

"No, no, I don't mind." The proprietress shook her head like a rattle, joking, as long as she is not alone now, she doesn't mind anything, it's just a door lock, even if the door is removed, she doesn't mind.

Jiang Duo smiled and comforted her, and then easily opened the lock. Suddenly, a stronger smell of blood mixed with a faint ghost aura rushed out. He frowned and shook out a talisman from his wrist in an instant. His ghostly aura was gradually attracted by the talisman, and he got in.

The light switch is on the wall. Jiang Duo reached out and touched the wall twice, and then pressed it, but there was no response: "The light is broken?"

"No... no way."

"Stay at the door and don't move."

Jiang Duo walked in, his shoes stepped on a puddle of liquid, making a crackling sound, he lowered his head to look at the dark liquid scattered around the Martin boots, his eyes shivered.

Then he walked to the washing machine and reached out to open the cover, and a beam of light shone over, facing the washing machine directly.

Jiang Duo didn't react for a while, and opened the lid directly, a bloody body was turning in the washing machine, its head was upwards, because the washing machine was operating very powerfully, and one eyeball on the head was staring straight at them In the direction of the water, the other eyeball floats up and down with the water waves, looming.

"Ah - ah - ah -" The proprietress was so frightened that she sat down on the ground, and the flashlight in her hand rolled into the corner.

The author says:

Hehe~~ Let you think of this chapter when you open the washing machine.