The Sick Beauty in the Republic of China

Ruan Ji froze in place. At the banquet not far away, no one dared to speak out because of the farce before, but he heard it more clearly. Although the voice was intermittent and extremely low, but It was indeed the cry of a baby.

——The third young master really brought the child back?

On it... is it really the young master?

For some reason, Ruan Ji didn't think that was the case, the baby's crying was bursting with unspeakable coldness, but after listening to it for a while, a layer of goose bumps appeared on his exposed arms.

But as if being drawn by something, he still took a step forward, and stepped up the stairs while no one was paying attention.

Although it has been roughly cleaned, after all, it has not been lived in for more than ten years, and the wooden stairs made a soft creaking sound when stepped on like this, as if even the joints of human bones were sore.

Ruan Ji continued to walk upwards, the baby's cries became more and more clear, but the light coming through the first floor became less and less, and at some point, he finally stepped into the black hole completely.

In front of me was the empty and messy second floor, many old furniture that hadn't been tidied up in time, just piled up in such a disorderly manner, and in the darkness that couldn't be seen clearly at all, shadows suddenly appeared.

This... How could there be people living here?

Ruan Ji's heart thumped, he knew that even in order to avoid people's eyes and ears, the third young master would never raise the young master in such a place.

But since it wasn't the young master, where did the crying come from?

He suddenly remembered that Ruan Ji suddenly seemed to be plunged into a hole in the ice due to the rumors that the aunt's girl had run into a ghost in the east courtyard a few days ago, and the fear that had been deeply suppressed in his heart suddenly burst out.

It was at this time that he suddenly found that the surroundings were extremely quiet, and in the entire dark shadow, only the sound of his own footsteps could be heard.

And the crying of the baby just now disappeared without a trace, as if it had never happened before.

It was... Did you hear me wrong?You must have heard it wrong!

Ruan Ji bit his right hand tightly, the pain was very clear at this moment, he kept saying to himself, no crying, no ghost, nothing, nothing... slowly, slowly Turning around slowly, ready to leave.

But at the moment when his back was completely turned to the darkness, a faint cry of a baby, like a ghost snickering, suddenly appeared in Ruan Ji's ear, as if it was very close to him.

Ruan Ji didn't even dare to move, his legs started to tremble, but the baby's crying continued.

"Woo--"

"Woo--"

It was low and weak, but it was so close to him, as if it was echoing around his side, just echoing in his ears.

"Ancestor...little ancestor..."

"I shouldn't be wandering around, disturbing your Qingxiu... I'm leaving now, I'm leaving now, please don't pester me."

He kept muttering in his mouth, and after an unknown amount of time, the baby's cry seemed to have really disappeared.

Ruan Ji didn't dare to look back, he just planned to run away quickly, but he felt a pain in his ankle just after walking a few steps, as if he was being dragged by something, but he didn't have time to stop, and he slammed towards Jumping forward, I didn't know how many piles of boxes had been knocked over.

The sound of heavy objects hitting the ground came one after another from upstairs, which suddenly alarmed the people at the banquet on the first floor.

Wang Luan raised his head as if feeling something, subconsciously looked towards the stairs not far away, and then heard a loud call for help.

"What's going on here? Who's on top?" Qi Muyao secretly groaned in his heart, it's only been so long since he was born, why did something happen again!Where is his brother? !

Now there are only three serving servants left in the room, except for Basho who just talked to Ruan Ji, the other two shook their heads and said that there was no one upstairs, only Basho was secretly anxious... She recognized that it was Ruan Ji who asked for help. Ji sound!

Not only Qi Muyao was anxious, the others were also startled by the movement, but no one wanted to say anything more at this critical point.Fourth miss Qi Rurong is the youngest and usually has a lively temper, but now she was quite frightened, she just pulled her brother's sleeve and said, "Fifth brother...you should ask someone to go up and take a look first, in case something happens. .”

Qi Muyao also knew that it was not an option to spend it like this, so he looked at the servants, but seeing that they also looked terrified, he hesitated.

On the other side, Qi Chensheng scooped up a ladle of soup and brought it to Wang Luan's lips. After Wang Luan lowered his eyes and shook his head, he put the bowl on the table, interrupting Qi Muyao who was about to take someone up to check it out himself.

"I'll go."

"What?" Qi Muyao was taken aback, at first he thought he had heard it wrong, but seeing Qi Chensheng got up, he quickly waved his hands and said, "I don't need to work on such a trivial matter, second brother, I just take someone up to have a look." gone."

Wang Luan also looked up at Qi Chensheng, and what he got was a sure look from the other party.

Qi Chensheng didn't give in to Qi Muyao any more, and after leaning over to help Wang Luan, he walked towards the stairs. Qi Muyao wanted to say something more, but who knew that Qi Ci, the little uncle of the Qi family who was sitting by the side, said what? He didn't even say hello, and followed him to the side of the stairs.

Qi Muyao's heart became more and more uncertain now, after he settled down with Rurong, he brought the three servants to follow.

Although they carried a flashlight in advance, just like Ruan Ji's experience, Wang Luan was held by Qi Chensheng and walked up the creaking stairs. From a certain step, it seemed that it was only an instant, and the eyes from the downstairs All the lights that came from it disappeared completely.

The stairs in front of them became pitch black, and the only light source was the small electric light in their hands.

Just when Wang Luan thought that they fell into darkness because they stepped into a special situation.But suddenly he heard a commotion downstairs, his hand was held by Qi Chensheng, although there was no verbal communication, the two still looked downstairs in tacit understanding.

"What's going on, who turned off the light?!"

"Why is it getting dark all of a sudden! Brother, I'm so scared—"

Not only the second floor at the end of the stairs in front of them, but the whole Huanshalou sank into the boundless darkness, as if separated from the outside world by something.

Qi Muyao was worried about his sister, so he turned his head and ran down the stairs.

Born in the Qi family since childhood, the rest of the people on the first floor, except for the cousin of the Qiu family, although they did not inherit the position of star supervisor, they are all very aware of the matter of holding the demon. They immediately noticed the weirdness of the current situation. Being with the two star supervisors at home is the safest choice.

Qi Shangwen also ignored the previous fight with Qi Chensheng, and ran up the stairs in the dark with his younger sister Ruqian.But Cousin Qiu saw his cousin running away, and the will to survive rose in extreme fear. He pulled Qi Wangxiang in front of him, dragged his injured leg, and limped to follow.

Qi Wangxiang was already weak, and he fell to the ground immediately after being pulled by his fat and strong cousin Qiu. Rurong heard the movement here, and decided to help him in an emergency, but it was only a few steps away. It was too dark to see things around her clearly, and she didn't know how many tables and chairs she bumped into before she came to Qi Wangxiang's side.

Fortunately, Qi Muyao also arrived with a flashlight at this time. After checking that Rurong was fine, he took his siblings back to the stairs.

Qi Chensheng was not in a hurry to move forward either, he seemed to confirm that everyone had followed before continuing to walk up with Wang Luan in his arms.

The steps were not so high and steep, and under the blessing of the darkness, the walk was extremely long. Wang Luan looked at Qi Chensheng with the light in his hand, even though he knew that this trip was on his own initiative and on purpose, but Wang Luan did not. Still can't help but wonder, how much of everything he encountered today is in his expectation, and how much is beyond his expectation?

But it's really not a time to talk at this moment. All Wang Luan got was Qi Chensheng's gentle pats on his waist, and a low voice: "Ninth Brother, don't worry."

The wooden stairs finally came to an end, and they had just set foot on the second floor, when they saw Ruan Ji stumbling over, Qi Chensheng frowned slightly, then blocked his way with a gentleman's staff, and asked sharply, "What happened!"

Ruan Ji shook his head vigorously, trembling all over and couldn't say anything. In a blink of an eye, he knocked over a pile of sundries and collapsed among them, only pointing to the dark depths with his fingers.

It seems that there is nothing to ask in the usual way, Wang Luan was just about to try to release the canary, but Qi Chensheng held his hand and shook it lightly twice when he didn't want to.

Wang Luan immediately understood and didn't insist anymore, but just followed Qi Chensheng's intention and continued walking in the direction pointed by Ruan Ji.

The second floor is not as transparent as the first floor, and there are still many rooms. Ruan Ji pointed vaguely, and there are two or three dilapidated doors in the approximate location.

Qi Chensheng wasn't in a hurry either, and simply probed one by one.

The door of the first room was half-closed, and the inside was very narrow after being pushed open, but there were a few crooked wooden cabinets, which were clearly visible even though it was dark with a light.

Just when they were about to pull back, they suddenly heard the voices of Cousin Qiu and others behind them.

"You... did you hear it? There is a baby crying."

"I heard it too, it seems to be coming from over there, this, could this be a ghost!"

Wang Luan and Qi Chensheng looked at each other and listened intently with bated breath. Sure enough, they heard the piercing cry of a baby, as if they were being suffocated by something, and it came from the next room.

They didn't hesitate any more, and immediately walked to the door of the second room. The others avoided and hid behind them. The other Qi Ci, who succeeded the star supervisor, never even turned on the light, hiding in the dark thinking about something.

The cry of the baby was right in front, Qi Chensheng swung open the door that was about to fall off with the gentleman's stick in his hand, and everyone held their breath.

Different from other places on the second floor, the room in front of you is at the end of a window, and now you can see the lights in other courtyards of Qi's family through it.

It's a pity that it was not a reassuring light, but instead was reflected into a scarlet like a devil's den.

The scarlet light penetrated into the window again like this, illuminating the only object in the room that was covered with a white cloth, and the crying of the baby came from under the white cloth.