Celestial Masters Alliance

Xiaozhi seemed to have discovered his slip of the tongue, and quickly shook the garbage bag and shouted: "I'm going to throw away the garbage, you guys wait for me at the door." After saying that, as if the soles of his feet were greased, he walked towards the depths of the darkness. After a while, there was the sound of the rolling shutter shaking, and a beam of light shone in from there.

Huang Xiao walked in front and led me towards the light without saying a word.

Walking through the doorway with the light bulb hanging, there is a completely different space outside. The floor is paved with white ceramic tiles, the walls are covered with dark flower wallpaper, and a towering tree root sculpture separates the later eras. I glanced at the high entrance. There are various glass jars placed on the shelves on the ceiling, some of which contain round black solids, and some of which contain a few fine particles.

"Fat Man used to open a tea shop here. Later, the street was relocated and the shop could no longer be opened. It was originally supposed to be demolished here because of the air-raid shelter, so there has been no movement." Huang Xiao introduced in a low voice.

My eyes scanned the storefront, hoping to find a landline phone. I forgot to tell Xiaosi to go upstairs and see Maomao and Jixiang when he was fine. After all, Xiaoba is not very reliable. If he is on a business trip, wouldn't Maomao and Jixiang go hungry?

Also, since I got in touch with Mu Mu, we have developed a habit of reporting each other's whereabouts.

It's a pity that apart from the shelves and a table for tea tasting, there isn't even a kettle for boiling water. It's so strange.

Huang Xiao had already exited the hole in the rolling shutter door. Xiaozhi also happened to come back. He took out a bunch of keys from his pocket and repeatedly checked whether the door was locked.

Xiaozhi should be someone Fatty trusts more. It was Xiaozhi who opened the door for us when we first arrived. Now that we are leaving, Xiaozhi is the one to check the doors and windows. Isn't it that Huang Xiao is not as familiar with them as Xiaozhi?

The street is even more desolate than what I saw just now from the window upstairs. There are old houses on both sides of the road. The windows and doors have been demolished. The posters that were originally hung on the walls have now been broken into pale strips of cloth. As soon as the smelly wind blew by, the cloth looked like a scene often seen in horror movies.

Huang Xiao ignored Xiao Zhi's careful inspection and walked directly to the other side of the street. I glanced at Xiao Zhi and decided to follow Huang Xiao.

"I remember there was a small shop over there. I wonder if it's open now." Huang Xiao said and walked into the doorway of a building. The stairs there were downward. I followed without hesitation. After the stairs went down more than a dozen steps, they encountered a three-way road. Huang Xiao chose one of the stairs going up, pulled his pants around his knees and slowly stepped onto the stairs.

After passing the doorway, a narrow gravel road lay in front of you. You could see a protective fence made of stone piers ahead. The green water inside the fence reflected the sunlight and gave off a strong fishy smell.

"It looks like it's closed too!" Huang Xiao pointed at a dilapidated building that was only three stories high.

I glanced at the place where he was pointing. There was a white-painted wooden sign standing on the gravel road, with red paint scrawling on it: Niu Niu Shi Duo. There is only an empty doorway behind the sign.

"What do you want to buy?" I looked at Huang Xiao, but my eyes drifted to Xiaozhi who was coming behind him.

"I see you're not feeling well, and I want to buy some yogurt!" Huang Xiao followed my gaze and glanced at Xiaozhi.

"I'm fine! Don't bother me! Let's go!" I waved my hand and motioned for Huang Xiao to lead the way.

Huang Xiao looked at the abandoned grocery store again, and I noticed that on the handwritten sign, one of the items said "public telephone." Could it be that Huang Xiao wanted to prove that his mobile phone had no signal, so he was also looking for a phone?

Huang Xiao led me across the gravel road and introduced as we walked: "This port used to be dedicated to transporting large cargoes. Since the river was restricted in the upper reaches, it has been abandoned. It was said to be for rectification, but no construction has started for many years. It is a pity. ”

I glanced towards the upper reaches of the river. I didn't understand what the hydraulic throttling was for. Is there no one to manage the large and small boats piled here? Generally, vacant houses that have been neglected for a long time can easily become a hiding place for criminals, but here, they are nothing but abandoned.

There seemed to be an undercurrent surging beneath the seemingly calm water. The water flow slapped the bottoms of the boats moored around the guardrail. The abandoned boats were severely rusted and decayed. The rusty water mixed with the original fishy smell of the river water to form an indescribable smell.

I took two steps to catch up with Huang Xiao, and looked slightly sideways to measure the distance between Xiaozhi and us, and asked in a voice that only the two of us could hear: "How did you get to know Zhang Lingxi and the others? "

"You may not believe it!" Huang Xiao glanced at me and continued: "Zhang Lingxi, Ma Tiantong and I are teachers in the same school."

"Ah?" Afraid of attracting Xiaozhi's attention from behind, I quickly lowered my voice: "They are teachers? That Zhang Lingxi teaches beauty and hairdressing, right? Where is Ma Tiantong? He must be a fashion designer? Didn't you say you were in a private school? Do schools teach history? What history do they teach? The history of the development of beauty and hairdressing?”

Although Huang Xiao had expected that I would be surprised by their special outfits, she still didn’t expect that I would question such a question and couldn’t help but laugh: “They don’t usually dress up like this, aren’t they just letting themselves go during the holidays?”

I felt the muscles on my face twitching twice quickly, letting myself go? What would you think if a student saw this?

When Huang Xiao saw my expression, he laughed and coughed twice. He touched the tip of his nose with his finger and continued: "Zhang Lingxi is a physics teacher. Ma Tiantong teaches history like me. He also studies astronomy."

I nodded, this is not surprising, it is all within their professional scope.

"We're here!" Huang Xiao pointed to the stairs at the opening of the bridge pier. He took the lead and walked down sideways.

Huang Xiao moved slowly, so I stood there and looked around. The stone stairs were a bit shaky and not very high. It was still difficult for Huang Xiao to walk. The pier under the stairs, which is also made of large stones, is covered with moss, and the river water carrying rotten branches and leaves occasionally crosses the boundary and laps up, sending garbage to the pier for accumulation.

There are a large number of abandoned boats parked along the pier. There were some motor boats along the coast just now, but here, almost all of them are wooden boats, and they are extremely decayed wooden boats.

I stood on my tiptoes and looked into the distance. I saw neither a cruise ship nor a yacht. I can't help but start to worry in my heart, are we going to row oars, four people in a small wooden boat, sail from the river to the sea, and then ride the wind and waves?

While I was thinking wildly, Xiaozhi came to me with brisk steps: "They have already pushed the boat forward! They move so fast!"

I looked around again, but I really couldn't see any ships that caught my eye. Ma Tiantong jumped from among a bunch of broken ships and approached us quickly and lightly: "The position of the ship has changed. I'm afraid you can't find it, Fatty." Ask me to come and pick you up."

Xiaozhi crossed Huang Xiao and greeted Ma Tiantong excitedly. I was a little helpless and followed Huang Xiao on the bumpy stone steps.

Huang Xiao seemed to be very averse to water. His face turned pale as soon as he stepped on the first boat. Could it be that he was really seasick? I followed Huang Xiao and looked after him carefully. Ma Tiantong fell behind Xiao Zhi and turned around to pull Huang Xiao from time to time. I muttered in my heart again. Since Huang Xiao is afraid of water, there is no need to follow me out to sea. His purpose is to get the three jade locks together and just introduce me to Fatty and the others. I am also curious about the three pieces. What happens when jade locks come together?