Master's professionalism

At the beginning of the new year, there are a lot of people coming to visit. Hu Zhou arrived on the first day of the new year, and he said that he would return on the third day of the new year. The Chen family has been so lively until the Lantern Festival, work after the holiday, school starts , and gradually returned to its former appearance.

At the end of January in the lunar calendar, I received a call from a "repeat customer" - Zhong Chengye. He said that a friend is currently on a business trip in G City, and I want to ask them for help with something. If they want to meet, Xue Xiaoyan thinks Boring is boring, so I gave the address to Zhong Chengye and made an appointment to meet.

Zhong Chengye introduced a very beautiful woman named Tang Guxue, in her forties, with a gentle and serene smile, she is a person who is easy to fall in love with.

Tang Guxue sat on the sofa, took a sip of black tea, and spoke slowly: "I want to trouble the two masters to help me find someone."

"Looking for someone?" Hu Liting asked suspiciously, "Miss Tang, although we do have some ways to find people, but there are many ways to do this. You shouldn't find us here if you look for anyone, right?"

"I understand what you mean." Tang Guxue said, "I did some research myself, but I couldn't find the person I was looking for, so I came here to ask you."

Hu Liting grunted: "I know someone who is good at this, let me ask for you, what do you want to check?"

Tang Guxue said hello, took a notebook from her bag, took out a note inside and put it on the table, with an address written on the note, she moved the note to Hu Liting: "Excuse me, I Would like to check who owned this house about 22 years ago."

Hu Liting nodded, took a photo of the note, sent it to Charlie, and said, "I have to trouble you for a while."

Tang Guxue nodded, sat aside and waited quietly.

Xue Xiaoyan was not a person who could stand being quiet, so he asked Hu Liting, "What's Charlie's name?"

Hu Liting said, "Isn't that Charlie?"

Xue Xiaoyan said, "I mean the Chinese name."

Hu Liting said with a smile: "His surname is Cha, and his single name is Li. I don't know the English name, but it is probably the same."

Xue Xiaoyan: "..."

The thing to check this time is not a troublesome thing, and Charlie replied quickly. Hu Liting glanced at it roughly, and said to Tang Guxue: "This house was built in the Republic of China. There were several owners in the process. It was abandoned 41 years ago. A man surnamed Wu bought it. Their family lived there for 13 years, and then immigrated, and the house has never changed hands again. It was rented out, and I don’t know who lives there now, if you need me, I can ask him to check again.”

Tang Guxue shook her head: "It's similar to what I know, but that house was inhabited 22 years ago." She paused, her eyes dimmed, "I've been to that place, and it's neither they nor anyone else who lives there now. The records can prove that the house has been rented out."

Xue Xiaoyan asked suspiciously, "How do you know that someone lived there 22 years ago?"

"I..." Tang Guxue pursed her lips, holding her clothes slightly with both hands, "I... lived there for a short time."

Hu Liting asked: "It's been so many years, you just want to find someone you knew back then?"

Tang Guxue nodded, lowered her eyes and said: "Recently, I have been dreaming about the past and the people I knew at that time. I think it might be some kind of inspiration, so I tried to contact the Wu family after I checked, but I couldn't get in touch. I can only come to you."

Xue Xiaoyan: "Then do you know that person's name or anything else?"

Tang Guxue raised her eyes to look at the two of them, her eyes were a little dazed: "I don't know, I... I only know that he lived there with his father back then, I don't know anything else, can you help me?"

Hu Liting said: "I can help you, but can you tell me why? Haven't you looked for it at all in the past 22 years? One day, you suddenly wanted to find this person, just because of a dream?"

"I thought..." Tang Guxue lowered her head, clutching her clothes with both hands, her joints turned white, and her voice trembled imperceptibly, "I thought he was dead, but recently I suddenly dreamed that I... I still want to look for it, other, can you please stop asking?"

Hu Liting nodded: "It's fine if you don't want to say it. After lunch, I'll go there with you to have a look. But let's say it first, I don't guarantee that I will find someone."

Zhong Xue agreed, and the two left her for lunch. After eating, the three of them went out together.

The address given by Zhong Xue was in City G, which was also in the suburbs, but one was in the south and the other was in the north with Chen's family. They were far away. In addition to the traffic jam, it took them more than two hours to reach their destination.

The destination is a small bungalow with a red roof and white walls, which looks like a fairy tale. There is a small swing at the door, and it is surrounded by a white fence along with the garden. The flowers in the garden are blooming very well, and you can see the people who take care of them. Very caring, which surprised Xue Xiaoyan: "This house is still inhabited?"

Tang Guxue shook her head: "I don't know either. I never came back after I left. I checked and found that the house was not rented out, but if it was a paper contract or a verbal agreement, I should not be able to find it. As for now I don't know who the people who live here are."

"It's hard to say." Hu Liting said, "Unless the owner here lives an isolated life, there will be some clues left in registering materials, shopping, sending and receiving express delivery, or even browsing the webpage, but the people here can't find out. What, it shouldn't be."

Hearing the words, Tang Guxue also hesitated: "Then what should we do? Shall we go in and have a look... Wouldn't it be good to just break in?"

Hu Liting snorted, touched his chin and said, "Maybe there is a way—" Xue Xiaoyan followed his gaze and found that he was looking at a card pasted on the door. He didn't see it clearly, and couldn't help but admire Hu Liting's inhuman eyesight in his heart. He stretched out his hand and poked Hu Liting: "What's written on it?"

Hu Liting spread his hands, and said helplessly: "You are too overestimating me - I can notice that there is a card, it is good, I can't see the details, let's go, go and have a look." After finishing speaking, he made a request to Tang Guxue With this movement, he pulled Xue Xiaoyan over and walked in.

The card on the door is a photo of this house, the size of a palm, and on it are the six words "Custom Dolls by Sui Yuan" written by hand in beautiful handwriting.Hu Liting looked at the card, then reached out and rang the doorbell.

The three of them waited at the door for a while, the white door was slowly opened, and a girl in a maid outfit came out from inside. She glanced at the three of them, with a smile in her beautiful eyes, and her hands in front of her. Wei Wei bowed: "The three honored guests are welcome."

Hu Liting nodded, and followed the maid to the living room. The lights were not turned on in the living room, and the heavy curtains were all drawn to block out the good weather. The burning fireplace slightly illuminated the living room, so that people could not see the road clearly , but the temperature in the room was still very low. If it weren't for the occasional jumping flames that made the shadow shake, Xue Xiaoyan would have suspected that the fire in the fireplace was actually a posted photo.

"Three, please wait a moment, Madam will come down after changing her clothes." The maid brought the black tea, her face still had that formulaic smile on her face, after watching for a long time, one could not help but wonder if it was a smiling face mask.

Tang Guxue has been very nervous since entering the door, her hands holding her clothes trembled a little, her face was a little pale, she seemed not to have heard Xue Xiaoyan talk to her several times, she kept staring at the black tea with her mouth pursed.

He didn't get a response several times, Xue Xiaoyan didn't bother to ask any more, took a few sips from the steaming cup, the sweet black tea made his body warmer, so he just held it like that, taking the black tea as a warm hand treasure.

According to the maid, Xue Xiaoyan thought it would not be a long wait, but the hostess did not arrive until Tang Guxue's cup of black tea was no longer hot.

The hostess was wearing a gorgeous and exaggerated dress. Layers of lace covered one layer after another like waves. She walked with small steps and swaying, just like walking out of an old movie. lady.She nodded slightly at the three of them, walked to the sofa and sat down, speaking in a calm tone: "Hello, my name is Tong Wei, and I am the owner of this place. What kind of dolls do you three want to make?"

Hu Liting lowered his eyes, tapped his fingers on his knees, and said calmly, "Can you do anything?"

Tong Wei nodded slightly: "Yes."

Hu Liting asked: "Do you mind if we take a look at your work?"

"Of course." Tong Wei summoned the maid just now, "Xiaomeng, show the three guests around." Then she turned to the three of them, "If you don't mind the three, you can stay for dinner today."

Xiaomeng took the three of them to visit the house. Not only the living room, but the whole house was very dark. Although there were a lot of windows, they were all covered with curtains, leaving only a small gap. Somewhat eerie and eerie.

There are dolls everywhere in the house, most of them are as tall as a person, and they are mainly women. There are only a few male dolls, each wearing a well-crafted dress, which looks no different from a real person, standing quietly in a glass cabinet , like Snow White in the fairy tale, but one by one, it is not so romantic, but a little scary.

Xue Xiaoyan made up ten thousand plots related to dolls in his mind, and said in a low voice, "If these move—maybe they'll look pretty good." Tang Guxue broke down in a cold sweat when she heard this. The very nervous nerves collapsed even tighter, and it looked as if he would go crazy at any moment.

Xue Xiaoyan's voice was not loud, but it was still heard by Xiaomeng. She stopped and stroked the glass cabinet next to her, with a smile still on her face, but the smile in her eyes was gone: "The guests really know how to joke, these are all Madam made it with her own hands, after all, it is just a dead thing, so how can it move."

"That's hard to say." Hu Liting's tone sounded a little casual, "I heard that things like dolls are easy to hide something in because they are empty inside."

Xiaomeng chuckled a few times when she heard the words, didn't say anything, and led them to continue walking in the house.

When he walked to the second floor, the two dolls caught Xue Xiaoyan's attention, not because they were so exquisitely made or for any other reason, but because they were the only two dolls he had seen so far. I.Seeing Xue Xiaoyan's eyes on the two children, Xiaomeng said: "These two are Madam's most beloved works."

Xue Xiaoyan nodded, and walked over to take a closer look. The two dolls were a man and a woman. The boy was about ten years old, and the girl looked much younger. Their eyebrows and eyes were somewhat similar, holding hands, smiling, looking Like a pair of brothers and sisters who have a good relationship.Tang Guxue also approached, and when she saw the two puppets, she gasped suddenly, and after a long while, she uttered a sentence: "This is the person I want to find."