sunk in yesterday

The two rummaged through the drawers in the living room to find iodine and bandages, and then went back to the room.

He had never bandaged the wound, so he would inevitably appear clumsy. Even though Guan Yuzhou insisted that the wound was not serious, he insisted on tying that arm into a zongzi.

There is also a bow tie at the end.

He is quite satisfied.

After skipping lunch, they simply skip dinner.

Who knows what the pot of mutton soup was last night, anyway, Xia Zhuo doesn't like going to restaurants anymore.

"Since He Jia thinks there is something wrong with us, why not let her think so." He leaned on the window and looked at the dark night scene in the distance and said disdainfully.

He slept intermittently last night, and although he is a little sleepy now, he is still mentally alert.The cool breeze outside the window drove away the rest of the drowsiness.

"what time is it?"

"It's eight o'clock."

Xia Zhuo sat back on the edge of the bed, "Shall we go to tonight's interrogation?"

"do you want to go?"

"Do not want to."

"Then don't go." Guan Yuzhou always followed him, "Go to sleep for a while, I will call you in half an hour."

Xia Zhuo lay down, but couldn't sleep.He touched the key from the box in his hand, feeling a little uneasy.

For some unknown reason, once he closed his eyes, Xu Mengzhi would stare at him today with one eye peeking out from his hair.

And Xu Meng's mouth in this picture is still moving.

It seems to be saying something, but I really can't make out.

Are you asking him for sugar again?

Xia Zhuo wrinkled his face involuntarily, he could no longer feel the wind blowing in from the window, and the hand Guan Yuzhou patted on his back disappeared as well.

The moment he realized that Xu Mengzhi was speaking, he was forcibly drawn into a dream.

He heard the sound of lips opening and closing, but could not hear a single word.

Those hairs covered his skin in circles, blocked his mouth and nose, and blocked his eyes.

Xu Mengzhi grabbed his wrist, and the palm overlapped with the remaining bruises.

Being directly touched by the ghost made his blood turn cold, as if time had stopped on him, paralyzing his thinking and all senses.

He didn't know how long it had passed, and when his consciousness gradually recovered, there was only the panda puppet sitting on the ground alone, with its head tilted and its two black peas eyes staring at the ground.

It has light all around it and it still looks like new and undamaged.

Xia Zhuo moved his legs, and when he came back to his senses, he had already walked over.

A gust of wind blew, and the puppet's head rolled to the ground.

A man's head was wrapped in white cotton wool.

He could not rest in peace, and was staring ahead.

The bright red blood scrambled out along the arteries, and soon soaked the clean panda once again.

Cheerful footsteps sounded from behind, and a pair of beautiful little leather shoes appeared in Xia Zhuo's sight.

Xu Mengzhi, who was wearing a small skirt, was holding the knife in his hand, and walked past him without even looking at Xia Zhuo.

She squatted on the ground, lifted the panda's head, hugged it and put it back on the puppet's neck, covering the head inside, then walked around in circles with a smile on her skirt, looking very happy .

But he didn't know what he thought of again, Xu Mengzhi smiled, and his face gradually turned cold.

She loosened her hands, her skirt fell down to her knees, only her cheeks were smeared with sickly redness on her pale face, and she stood there like a delicate flower that had bloomed prematurely.

[Father likes fighting beast chess very much. ]

With her back facing Xia Zhuo, her voice was hoarse.

Xia Zhuo watched the changes quietly and did not speak.

[As soon as I was taken home by him, he taught me how to play chess.When he gets bored with me, he will teach He Ze. ]

[Father taught Heze, and Heze can come and play with me. ]

[but there is one thing...]

She turned around and stared at Xia Zhuo with those blood-colored eyes, with a weird smile on her lips.

Xia Zhuo moved her lips, but did not make a sound.He wanted to ask Xu Mengzhi what he didn't say clearly, but when he got the smile, it pierced his neck like a sword blade, and his mouth and throat were burning with pain.

[This is an important point. ]

Xu Mengzhi approached him with a smile, and the small leather shoes touched the ground loudly, like the sound of a pendulum shaking cheerfully.

Clenching his fist, Xia Zhuo opened his eyes.

Guan Yuzhou was still patting his back lightly, and the warm and familiar breath made him relax instantly.

This should be regarded as a nightmare, but it was rare for him not to sweat. It seemed that the meeting with Xu Mengzhi just now had nothing to do with his body lying here.

Guan Yuzhou noticed that his subordinate's body moved, and looked up at the time, "It's only [-]:[-], why did you wake up early?"

"Well, I had a dream." Xia Zhuo kicked his legs, the movement was not smooth in the dream, but now there is no problem.

But this movement, involving the things in his hands, made another trivial sound.

He paused, opened his palm, and there were two candies inside.

It was still the sugar that had been disassembled and refilled. The familiar plastic paper was bulging, revealing a raised corner of the white paper.

The man was empty-handed before going to bed, and Guan Yuzhou instantly understood when he saw this, Xia Zhuo was dragged to a strange place after closing his eyes.

He has some headaches, and Xia Zhuo's traits are also strange, he has never been led into a dream by a ghost, why is Xia Zhuo just like this...

Popular with ghosts?

He saw that Xia Zhuo took a long breath not long after closing his eyes, and thought he was tired and fell asleep quickly, but he didn't expect that his soul was hooked away, and he just came back.

Guan Yuzhou rubbed the throbbing temples, and dragged him into his arms with a dark face. Only when Xia Zhuo was completely trapped in his body did he feel that the other party was completely inseparable and inseparable.

Xia Zhuo let him hug him, but his mind was not on him, his eyes were all on the paper.

"Given to you by Xu Mengzhi?"

"Yes, how do you know?" Xia Zhuo heard his voice, and then took the time to glance back at him, unfolded the two pieces of paper in his hand, and shook the top of it.

A handwritten diary, and a strange card.

[Today is over, I went home early, and He Ze came to my room to play chess with me.

Shuqi, I like to play, but I don't play much, I'm not very good at it.

Dad only taught me the little animals on it, maybe I'm too bent.

But Heze said every time, I was the one who yelled.

Why can I win?Is it because He Ze is dumber than me, he can't even recognize small animals? 】

The card has a big palm and a thin layer of wood. It looks similar to those exchanged items in the mall, but there are no traces on the front and back.

He fiddled with it for a while, but he couldn't figure it out, so he raised his head and asked Guan Yuzhou, "What is this?"

Guan Yuzhou took the card and handed it back within a few seconds, "Put it in the item warehouse."

Xia Zhuo suddenly realized, gesturing on the light watch, and when he touched the extra card-shaped icon, its description was displayed.

Item name: [Friendship Broken or Rebuilt Card]

Instructions for use: Is there anyone who is not used to it?Write his identity on the back of the card, and you can exchange the blood value of this game with him!It doesn't matter whether you trade less for more or more for less!Personal grievances should be resolved behind the scenes, ambush them, and make a fortune silently!

Special instructions: props inside the dream, please use it in conjunction with the plot

Item attribute: Disposable item, disappears after use

Exchange pre-requirements: The player has reached a relationship with NPC Xu Mengzhi and is friendly

Points consumed for redemption: 0

. . . a marvelous description.

Guan Yuzhou couldn't see what was displayed on his optical watch, and while running along his hair, he asked, "What's written on it?"

Xia Zhuo put down his arm, "This should be a good thing, probably it can exchange the current blood volume with others."

But it's not needed now, he thinks No.2 is pretty good, if the sky falls and there is a person in front of it, everything will not fall on his head.

And looking at the above, he and Xu Mengzhi are already friendly?Why are you so friendly?Is it a friendship born out of a fight?

"Hey, Teacher Guan, it seems that those candies were not given in vain." Xia Zhuo lay down comfortably, and arched her head into his warm embrace, "I gave her three, and she returned the extra two. You should give me another one at that time, and she will be able to pay me back."

Guan Yuzhou laughed, "Get up, we should get down to business."

"By the way, there is one more point." Xia Zhuo pursed her lips, "The old Patriarch didn't die naturally, I saw his head was chopped off."

Moreover, it was put in a puppet, and when he thought that he himself had been hiding in a puppet, he felt very uncomfortable.

Guan Yuzhou was not surprised by what he said, "Do you still remember the smell in his room?"

Xia Zhuo was surprised and said, "You wouldn't have guessed it then, would you?"

"Earlier than that."

Xia Zhuo was even more puzzled, "Do you know anything else?"

"I don't know much, but the consultant who keeps appearing in front of my door and Xu Heze should be the same person."

"...Huh? Why?"

"Have you ever seen them in the same place?"

Xia Zhuo recalled a little, and shook his head decisively, "It's really not...but can't it be a coincidence? We don't see them often enough."

"Yang Yin said that day that Xu Heze is left-handed. When we arrived here on the first day, the consultant showed us the way to visit the house, and he opened all the doors with his left hand."

Xia Zhuo didn't know whether he should feel that he had observed carefully, but he had never noticed who opened the door straight or sideways.

He thought about it carefully, the first time he met Xu Heze, this aborigine gave everyone a completely strange impression and a completely different impression from the consultant.The hunched back makes people think that he is not tall, and his face is green and has a bad temperament, but these can be completely subverted by standing up straight and covering his face.

"But this is just my guess. It's also possible that, as you said, they are two completely different people, but they have never met each other, and they have the same little habits." Guan Yuzhou let go of his hand and stepped down first. He got out of bed and straightened the folds of his clothes lying on his body.After Xia Zhuo stepped on the floor and stood up, he pressed the slightly raised hair on the back of his head with water, "If you want to confirm this, you can take away his mask."

"How do you get it, grab it?"

"When Xu Heze appears, the mask will definitely not be on his body."

As soon as he said it, Xia Zhuo understood, and then he felt that he was stupid, and he didn't even think of such a simple truth.

The two took the key and went out. At this point, everyone gathered in the dining room, and the stairs and corridors were quiet.

There were still whispering discussions inside when passing by, Xia Zhuo glanced in through the cracks, the interrogation was not over yet, Yang Yin and Ke Jingsheng were missing from the dining table, and the consultant stood by, motionless like a statue.

He backed away with just one glance, and went with Guan Yuzhou to the chained door next to him, "Can you open it?"

The key was inserted into the hole, and Guan Yuzhou turned his wrist, accompanied by a crisp "click".

The two of them broke apart a few chains and entered the room along the half-meter-wide seam. The sound of the pendulum swinging from side to side became clear instantly.

Xia Zhuo took out the flashlight, pushed the switch, and the first thing to illuminate was the two-meter-high pendulum clock placed upside down in the middle.

Complex gears are interlaced under the transparent glass, and the light of the metal is reflected on the wall as it shines, forming a fine golden ripple, which has a literary and artistic sense of an abstract starry sky.

Click, click.

The pendulum was sounding rhythmically, but apart from that, there was a slightly strange sound when heard closely.

Da da.

Xia Zhuo walked around to look at the front of the clock, and then grabbed Guan Yuzhou's wrist.

The glass on the front was shattered all over the place, and what kind of pendulum was placed inside, it was clearly a bloody human hand, which had been completely cut off from the upper arm, and the red nail on its thumb was shaking, just Constantly hitting the wooden clock wall.

And the rattling sound came from here.

Looking up again, facing the back of the pendulum clock, there are two figures hanging faintly behind the iron gate.

I thought it was another large puppet prank, but I didn't expect it to be two people, a man and a woman, with their heads down and their faces invisible, standing left and right like doormen, and the woman among them was missing an arm.

And when they bowed in just now, the two corpses were just behind the door, looking down at them from top to bottom!

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Xia Zhuo: Regret, now I regret it, I knew earlier that the more I give, the more I earn, it’s not impossible for me to eat less sugar...