After living with a straight man, I became a menswear boss

Singles have no human rights.

This was Yu You's inner wail as he gnawed on the sweet potato.

I shouldn't be on the table, I should be under the table, watching your happiness.

But fortunately, Ah Qiu rescued him.

Ah Qiu took the bowls and chopsticks and put them in the kitchen, then sat at the table with a smile on his face: "How is it? Is the taste okay?"

Yu You nodded fiercely: "Okay, it's so delicious."

Much better than dog food!

Ah Qiu was happy, she looked at Shi Jin: "I just asked grandma for you, she does know how to get to Tumiao Spring."

"There are two roads to Tumiao Spring. One is to go up the mountain pass to the scenic spot. There is a trail behind the uninhabited temple on the mountainside. It is said that it is quite deep, and there are few people walking these years. Now it is not I know it's still there."

"As for the other road." Ah Qiu thought for a while, stood up and walked to the window: "It should be that one."

She pointed to the path behind the stilted building opposite the inn: "Grandma said there is a path behind the stilted building, and you can walk along it."

Yu You spoke quickly: "This small road will not work either."

"Ah?" Ah Qiu was stunned for a moment: "How do you know?"

Yu You glanced at Shi Jin with some embarrassment, seeing that he didn't stop him, he said, "Brother Shi Jin and I couldn't sleep last night, so we went out for a walk, and happened to see that path."

He didn't say that the two of them were heading for Tumiao Spring, but modified the wording slightly: "It's boring to be idle anyway, so we walked down the path, but about halfway there, the road is gone. It's a long way." It's all grass."

"That's it." Ah Qiu nodded.

"If this path doesn't work, then you can only try your luck on the one on the mountain. Grandma said that there are only two paths you can take."

Ah Qiu thought for a while: "But this path seems to be closer."

She murmured to herself in a low voice: "Arnuo should have taken this road when he went to Tumiao Spring before, right?"

Yu You didn't hear clearly: "What did you say?"

"It's nothing." Ah Qiu raised his head with a smile: "Eat and eat, if you want to go to Tumiao Spring, you have to have a full meal first. There is still some distance from here to Tumiao Spring. It's easy to get hungry every time you go back and forth."

"How long does it take to get to Tumiao Spring?"

"It will take about three or four hours to go back and forth?" Qiu hesitated: "But grandma is not sure, she said that the last time she went to Tumiao Spring was four or five years ago."

Shi Jin raised her eyelids: "I heard that Tumiao Spring was the main development attraction here at first?"

Ah Qiu nodded: "That's right, at first the city wanted to develop Tumiao Spring and turn it into a red scenic spot."

"But something happened to the higher-ups, and the development of Tumiao Spring was put on hold. Later, some investors took over the development here, saying that Tumiao Spring was unlucky, so they finally decided to abandon Tumiao Spring and put the stockade into scenic spot development. Together with the uninhabited temple on the mountain, it forms a scenic spot."

Yu You asked: "Didn't you say that Tumiao Spring is quite far from here? If you add Tumiao Spring, it will be difficult to plan the scenic spot?"

"Actually, it's okay." Ah Qiu took a few gadgets from the counter and said, "Look at this, doesn't it look like weaving from bamboo?"

The exquisitely woven animals lie in the palm of Aqiu, delicate and nimble.

Shi Jin took a few more glances.

Aqiu put the woven rabbits on the table: "Although this one looks like bamboo weaving, its raw material is a kind of grass called thatch. After drying, its color and texture are very similar to bamboo, and it is more beautiful than bamboo. Better handle."

"This kind of thatch has very high requirements for the place where it grows. In this mountain, there is only thatch near Tumiao Spring. In the early years, people in the village relied on this weaving craft for food. At first, they wanted to develop Tumiao Spring. At that time, I heard that the people above planned to add this weaving art to the brochure."

"However, there are not many people who know how to weave this kind of weaving. It seems that there are only three or four people who know how to weave straw in the village."

As he spoke, Aqiu raised his head proudly: "One of them is my grandma, and these gadgets are all made up by my grandma."

Yu You was holding a straw woven rabbit, and he was a little curious when he heard that: "Then can you weave it?"

Aqiu's face was broken: "I don't know how, grandma taught me, but it was too difficult."

The difficulty is not weaving, but the process of processing thatch before weaving.

"However, if you are interested, you can go to Arnold. Arnold has followed suit before. Last year, he went to gather thatch to weave small animals and sell them to tourists."

The clues go round and round and seem to go back to the beginning.

After lunch, Shi Jin went upstairs.

They planned to go to Tumiao Spring together in the afternoon. Considering the long journey and the long round-trip time, Yu Ci asked him to come up and get a coat.

Coats hung on a clothes rail by the window.

Shi Jin went to the window and took off her coat, her gaze inadvertently skipped the window.

Outside the window, a boy in national costume walked past in a hurry.

Shi Jin frowned slightly and went downstairs.

Yu Ci leaned against the stairs and waited for him. He was tall and long-legged, with a relaxed expression. When he saw him, he came down and raised his eyebrows slightly: "Okay?"

"Yeah." Shi Jin walked up to Yu Ci quickly, speaking quickly: "I just saw A Nuo walking towards the east of the village."

During the meal just now, he had already told Yu Ci about Chen Yuan, including the pathfinding last night and the abnormality of A Nuo he saw this morning.

So Yu Ci understood what he meant.

He quickly recalled: "The east side of the village is all ordinary houses, the only exception is the teacher's dormitory."

Shi Jin nodded: "When Arnold was painting in the morning, he said that tomorrow is Mr. Bai's birthday, and he wants to give Mr. Bai a gift."

Now Arnold should be giving the gift he prepared this morning to "Teacher Bai".

The two looked at each other.

Yu Ci walked out first: "Go and ask him directly."

A Nuo didn't walk fast, half-children's footsteps were short, and he seemed to be thinking about something, he would stop for a while after walking a few steps, Shi Jin and Yu Ci quickly caught up with him.

A Nuo heard footsteps behind him, he turned his head, his eyes lit up slightly: "Brother Yu Ci, brother Shi Jin."

Yu Ci bent his lips, smiled and rubbed his head: "Where is A Nuo going?"

A Nuo paused while holding the album, and his voice lowered: "Tomorrow is Teacher Bai's birthday, and I want to give her a gift."

In A Nuo's perception, Shi Jin didn't know about Teacher Bai's disappearance.

So he pursed his lips slightly: "Then why don't you go in?"

"Teacher Bai is gone."

As if this sentence touched some switch, Arnold's body shook violently.

He hugged the album tightly, buried his head firmly in front of his chest, and his whole body was shaking: "Teacher Bai was taken away."

Shi Jin and Yu Ci looked at each other, and they both saw the dignity in each other's eyes.

Shi Jin squatted down, held A Nuo's shoulders with both hands, and said softly, "A Nuo, don't be afraid, speak slowly."

Perhaps it was because the soft tone comforted him, and A Nuo's trembling body slowly calmed down.

"You just said that Teacher Bai was taken away."

Shi Jin's eyes fell on the top of A Nuo's hanging hair, and his voice was calm: "Can you tell me how you know?"

A Nuo suddenly raised his head, his black and white eyeballs stared straight at Shijin: "I saw..."

His voice was trembling, his face was pale, and his lips were trembling: "I saw..."

"...I saw Teacher Bai and she...was taken away by a ghost!"

"At Tumiao Spring!"

-

"Fuck."

Yu You looked at the trembling boy sitting on the chair holding the water glass, and couldn't help but swear: "This place is really haunted."

Yu Ci glanced at him: "Don't swear in front of children."

Yu You scratched his head: "I can't hold back, I can pay attention next time."

"But... shall we stay like this for now?"

The place where they are staying now is Arnold's room.

A Nuo's room is not big, but it is very tidy, and there is some air-dried and treated grass in the corner, which should be the thatch that A Qiu said was used for weaving.

At this moment, A Nuo was sitting on the bed, Shi Jin and Yu Ci were standing by the window and by the door, the expressions on their faces were like copy and paste, he seemed to be the only one who could speak in the whole room.

Yu You looked around, found a small Maza in the corner of the room and sat down.

The air is quiet.

Yu You silently counted the seconds in his heart, and when he counted to 396, A Nuo who was sitting on the bed spoke.

"Teacher Bai is here to help me find the necklace."

The boy sitting on the bed bowed his head: "I lost the necklace when I was cutting the thatch. Teacher Bai said that I was not paying attention in class. I told her that I wanted to find the necklace, but she wouldn't let me go."

"That necklace was left to me by my grandmother. Teacher Bai asked me to listen carefully, saying that as long as I listen carefully, the necklace will come back the next day."

The boy spoke words out of order, but all three in the room understood.

A Nuo lost the necklace his mother left him when he was cutting thatch in Tumiao Spring. He lost his mind because of this incident in class, and was seen by Teacher Bai who followed him.

Teacher Bai asked him to concentrate on listening to the class after learning about it, and then went up the mountain alone with his backpack on his back after school, and went to Tumiaoquan to help Anuo find his lost necklace.

"After school, I want to go to Tumiao Spring to look for a necklace. On the way, I heard Ah Cheng's grandfather say that seeing Mr. Bai go up the mountain, I think Mr. Bai must also help me find a necklace. I am very happy."

"During the holidays, Teacher Bai went with me to Tumiao Spring to help me cut thatch. At that time, I took her on the mountain road, but the mountain road was far away. I wanted to find Teacher Bai quickly, so I went from the village in the village. The path went through."

The boy's voice sounded crying unconsciously, and he reached out to wipe away the tears: "I walked for a long time, and when I arrived at Tumiao Spring, it was dark and I couldn't see anything. I was very scared. Teacher Bai was not here. My necklace Neither was found."

"It's too dark, I dare not go back by myself, I want to find Teacher Bai, but I can't find her no matter how hard I look, I'm so scared."

Yu You patted A Nuo's head comfortingly: "Don't cry, don't cry, don't be afraid."

Seeing that A Nuo's mood calmed down a little, he said, "Then, did you go down the mountain by yourself without finding Teacher Bai?"

"Then, then..." Arnold broke down again, and he burst into tears: "I found Teacher Bai's skirt and a lot of hair in the cave, she must have been killed by a ghost. Captured and eaten."

"It's all my fault. If I hadn't lost the necklace, Teacher Bai wouldn't have been captured by the ghost."

Yu You frantically comforted the crying boy.

In the chaos, Yu Ci hung up the phone, and his dark eyes met Shi Jin: "The fingerprints sent for inspection have been compared with those in the database, and the comparison results show..."

"The woman in Qiulu Temple is indeed Bai Rushuang."