sunk in yesterday

The room behind the living room was locked, and the keyhole did not match the size of the key found in the water pipe earlier. After trying to no avail, the three of them stopped wasting time and planned to go upstairs to find other clues.

The second floor seems to be darker than the downstairs, surrounded by patches of particles, blocking the light of the flashlight in half.

The burnt smell after the fire was all sealed in this layer, Xia Zhuo choked so much that his throat was itchy, he could only cover his mouth and cough in a muffled voice, his face gradually turned red.

Guan Yuzhou poured water on the towel, covered his mouth and nose for him, "I'll go to the window for ventilation."

The bathroom is connected to the left side of the stairs, and the mirror on the sink has been removed, leaving only a few nail holes.The floor-to-ceiling windows in front of the hall are still in good condition, but the latch on it has aged and rusted. Guan Yuzhou twisted it for a long time before pushing it open.

The dark courtyard is like a huge mouth of an abyss, as if once you step on the balcony, you will reach out and pull people down.Fortunately, the fresh air dilutes the dull smoke particles in the room, and people can finally breathe a sigh of relief.

The strange sound heard downstairs has disappeared, but there is a thick dark red mark left on the ground, as if a corpse was dragged to a certain room on the right.

Now that the bloodstains were clearly showing the way, Xia Zhuo felt that there was no reason not to take a look, but before that, he decided to go to the master bedroom on the other side and left.

At least he was still curious about what happened back then, wanted to know the cause of death of Qiu Yinghua's parents, and why he wrote such a strange sentence behind the photo.

The door handle opens as soon as it is turned, and the door shaft that has not been oiled for many years makes a sharp creaking sound as it is pushed, like a beast that has been sleeping for a long time and is disturbed.Thinking of finding a place to rest tonight, Xia Zhuo glanced at the bed at first glance. The robbers still left a mattress, but the dust had already accumulated a thick layer, and the mildew spots were scattered here and there. It doesn't look like it will work.

The embarrassment and indignation he had when he was downstairs had run away, and he got up again, raised his arm and bumped Guan Yuzhou a few times, "Hey, Guan Yuzhou. This bed is so big, do you have any ideas?"

As soon as Guan Yuzhou heard his tone, he could guess what he wanted to say next, and said "no" without hesitation.

"I have." Xia Zhuo blinked at him twice: "I think I can do some kind of exercise on it."

Guan Yuzhou's Adam's apple twitched, and he couldn't help pursing his lips: "For example?"

"For example..."

"……Um?"

"Like sit-ups, stretches, and push-ups."

"..."

Xia Zhuo laughed, and pasted it in his ear to tease him: "It's not bad for what you think, but I don't know how to do it. Teacher Guan has to teach~teach~me."

He deliberately made his words vague and ambiguous, wanting to settle the grievances that happened downstairs, and get back all the lost face at this moment.Guan Yuzhou naturally knew what was going on in his mind, and while raising his legs to avoid him, he denied in a low voice: "I didn't think about it."

"Liar, how do you know what I'm referring to? You swallowed just now, and I can see clearly." Xia Zhuo stuck to it with a playful smile, "Why not, am I not good-looking enough?"

Tan Nian silently carried her back and walked in the opposite direction to them.

Although Xia Zhuo was considerate of his presence and lowered his voice, he could still hear it in such a closed space... So did he misunderstand or not?

While teasing Xia Zhuo, he didn't forget the business. Guan Yuzhou searched the top of the cabinet and then searched the bottom of the cabinet.

The bedside table showed signs of being moved, and all the contents inside were dumped on the ground. It seemed that someone tried to take it away, but changed his mind halfway and gave up.

After seeing that there was nothing left in the drawer again, the two began to look for clues from the pile of debris on the ground.

Regarding Qiu Yinghua's skin disease, Jiang Yajie and her husband really put a lot of thought into it.The train ticket and the prescription certificate were all clipped together, and the names signed on each piece of paper were different.At that time, domestic medicine was not developed enough. It seems that I went to many places and consulted many doctors, and prescribed so many kinds of medicines, but the results were still unsatisfactory.

"This is not a small expense. It costs a lot of money just to invite a doctor to come to see a doctor at home. I see that there are several copies of the records." Xia Zhuo folded the paper in half and unfolded it, "but the records after the consultation are written There is no difference, it seems that these doctors are not very good."

Guan Yuzhou pulled out the paper in his hand, and saw clearly the lines of precautions written on it:

1. Avoid direct sunlight and choose a diet scientifically.

2. Shower properly, dry immediately after contact with water, avoid getting wet.

3. Avoid scratching and change clothes frequently.

4. Do not wash with hot water, as the capillaries are heated and dilated, which will lead to increased exudate and aggravated itching.

5.…

There are many traces on this piece of paper, one after another is drawn with a red ink brush, obviously it has been opened countless times by someone, and it has been memorized many times.

Xia Zhuo recalled carefully, at that time in the toilet cubicle Qiu Yinghua was splashed with a basin of water, indeed she was rubbing her face with her arms from time to time.He didn't know if it was hard to suffer from a skin disease, but he knew that it was really painful to not be able to scratch it when his body was itchy, so he couldn't help sighing with emotion, "It's so pitiful".

Guan Yuzhou put the paper back in place and said, "I see."

Xia Zhuo tilted his head to look at him: "What?"

"After Qiu Yinghua got sick, his parents kept going to various places to find medicine for him. But in the eyes of a child who is only a few years old and has low self-esteem, I'm afraid it won't be a good thing. "

"What you said...it seems to be the case." Xia Zhuo rubbed his chin, "First, he often left home and didn't return for a few days, and finally never came back. Thinking about it this way, it's quite a misunderstanding , who knows what the child is thinking in his heart."

"Well, the reason why he easily believed what the people in the town said should account for a large part of the reason."

"So again, why did the two of them die outside?" The other things are nothing to look at, and things like passbooks must have been taken away long ago.Xia Zhuo was tired from squatting, so she lifted her legs and sat back on the bed, "Hey, you haven't said whether it looks good or not."

Guan Yuzhou was helpless: "...Why did you bring it back?"

Guessing it was early morning, Xia Zhuo started yawning again and again, "I'm so sleepy, Mr. Guan."

"Sorry, I can't sleep right now."

"Why do you always apologize like Tan Nian..." Xia Zhuo just said casually, "I know, I will sleep after all the things here are settled, or after dawn."

"Hmm." Guan Yuzhou reached out and touched his head.

Xia Zhuo was cleverly touched by him, and his drowsiness escaped successfully, "It's not a child, what are you touching?"

Guan Yuzhou didn't take it seriously, smiled and rubbed his hair a few more times, "Then don't touch it, go and see what Tan Nian is doing."

Xia Zhuo's mood that had not been calm for a long time began to fluctuate again.

Ever since she knew she had a crush on Guan Yuzhou, it was difficult to control her emotions as freely as before.

He pursed his lips, watching the man in front of him turn around and walk towards the study behind the bedroom as if nothing had happened, and jumped off the bed to follow step by step.

Ever since Tan Nian broke their "good deed" last time, he made up his mind to hide in case something goes wrong.Maybe those uneducated townspeople thought that books were not good things, so they kept half of the cabinet after moving them here and there. into the habit.

In the real world, Xiao Hei cannot share his sight with him, and the appearance of one of them means the hiding of the other, so he reads aloud every time he reads a book.

When he was in a mental hospital before, he had limited time to read books every day, and the environment was a bit bad. Some patients would grab and scold, and the books in their hands were too dirty to touch.

Even so, those stories with missing words and pages supported him to spend an unknown number of days and nights in it.

But after getting to know Guan Yuzhou, he was taken away from that place full of nightmares.

He has his own bookcase.

He likes to read fairy tales, he yearns for that kind of wonderful and free world, he prefers to write down impressive sentences on paper, and gradually accumulate them into piles of wealth line by line.When he wakes up, he can see another kind of note below the sentence, which is that Xiao Hei is seriously responding to him, adding more gold, silver and jewels to his wealth.

He feels that life is good enough now.

Tan Nian hugged the book and let out a satisfied sigh.

"What are you looking at?"

He was startled by a sudden sound beside him, and the book in his hand fell off, but was picked up by the other hand in the air.

""The Blue Dolphin Island"?" Xia Zhuo wrinkled his face and thought for a while, "I seem to have a little impression of the name, so I should have seen it."

"Have you read it?" Tan Nian looked a little happy, "It tells the story of a girl named Karana living alone on Dolphin Island. It's very inspirational."

Xia Zhuo smiled and waved his hands: "I can't remember even if you tell me that." He put the book back in Tan Nian's arms, turned to look at Guan Yuzhou, "Guan Yuzhou, have you read it?"

"No." Guan Yuzhou shook his head and hesitated for a few seconds, "But someone told me."

"Mr. Guan hasn't read it?" Tan Nian was a little surprised, "But... there is such a book in the book you gave me, and I really like the handwritten sentence on it."

There was a little dent in the corner of Guan Yuzhou's mouth, which was especially obvious under the light. He gave an "um" inexplicably.

That uncomfortable feeling surged again, and Xia Zhuo asked without changing his expression, "What did you write?"

Tan Nian was very familiar with that sentence, and spoke very smoothly without a single pause:

"Darkness can make people feel lonely, and Langtu is Karana's light. We will meet each other eventually, and we will be each other's light."