Strange talk live room

The huge three-story old house was so quiet that it seemed like no one was living there.

The light fell dimly on the stairs.

The wooden boards were very old and would creak with at least a little force.

I walked lightly and quietly went to the third floor.

When I passed by the second floor, I took a look and saw that only Xu Youan's room had the light on. It was very quiet inside. I didn't know if the young couple had fallen asleep.

On the third floor, there are only two rooms.

There were no lights on, and the corridor was extremely dark.

The door of the room on the left was ajar, and there was an unpleasant smell coming from it.

That's the Xu family's father's house.

People who are bedridden all year round will inevitably have some smell.

I fanned my nose so as not to disturb him, and moved cautiously toward the room on the right with my back against the wall.

It is in the window of this room that a woman's face with long hair always appears.

The door of the house was closed and hung with a big lock.

I touched it and found a lot of dust on my fingers. The lock had not been opened for a long time.

He took out a small wire from his pocket, inserted it into the keyhole and fiddled with it gently.

Click.

A small pop.

Without much effort, I opened the iron lock.

I gently took off the lock, hung it by the door, and then pushed the door carefully.

Crunch——

The wooden shaft that had not rotated all year round made a strange sound, which was very clear on the quiet third floor.

I quickly stopped and listened intently to what Father Xu was saying.

Fortunately, there was no response from him, and he might have fallen asleep.

I exerted a little more force, and the door panel moved slightly by an inch, and then it couldn't be pushed anymore.

"What are you doing?"

I increase my strength and it's still the same.

The door was actually locked from the inside!

The people inside don't want to come out at all. Does the lock on the outside still make sense?

Or was the door locked from the inside just now? The people inside didn't want me to go in at all.

"The only option is to change the entrance."

I didn't stay long, put the lock back on, locked it, and quietly returned the way I came.

The second floor was still the same, so I ran back to the first floor in one breath.

However, there was a noise coming from the kitchen on the first floor.

"Xu Zuoning is back so soon?" I walked to the door and saw that it was not Xu Zuoning, but her brother Xu Youan.

He filled the large iron pot with water and walked behind the stove to light the fire.

"There is still boiling water in the water bottle, no need to boil it." I reminded him kindly.

"Thank you. I know there is boiling water. I'll boil some hot water to take a bath." Xu You'an nodded politely to me, "My wife, she has a slight mysophobia."

"Oh, that's how it is."

I'm ready to leave.

"By the way, Mr. Li, have you seen my sister?" Xu Youan stopped me.

"She said there were a lot of people at home and they went out to fetch water because they were afraid there wouldn't be enough water." I said truthfully.

"Not enough water?" Xu Youan was stunned for a moment, with a look of self-blame on his face, "I was so careless that I didn't notice and used so much as bath water."

"Mr. Li, can I ask you a favor?"

"oh?"

"Please help me watch the fire, and I'll go help my sister."

"It's okay, but your sister said that you haven't been home for ten years, so I'm afraid you don't remember how you got there."

"She is talking angrily. The spring well is behind the house. How could I not remember it?" Xu Youan added firewood to the stove and walked out quickly.

My heart skipped a beat.

"Just behind the house?" But I clearly saw that Xu Zuoning was walking away from the front of the house.

"Well, normally you are a guest and I shouldn't bother you, but my wife is relatively weak and has never lived in a mountain village, so she won't do such rough work. Don't worry, we will be back soon!"

"It's just a little effort."

"thanks, thanks!"

Xu Youan patted his clothes, walked to the living room, put on his coat, opened the door and went out.

"Is it because the location of the water collection has changed, or maybe Xu Zuoning didn't go to carry the water at all?"

I sat in front of the stove, looked at the burning flames inside, lit a cigarette and thought about it.

Whatever the reason, there must be something wrong with this Xu Zuoning.

I added two handfuls of firewood to the stove, ran out quickly, stood in the dark courtyard, and looked up towards the third floor.

The window was dark, and the woman's face did not appear again.

I have a vajra crossbow, so climbing up is not a problem.

The key is whether it will alarm Xu's father.

Also, it would be a bit embarrassing if Xu Zuoning and his sister happened to come back on the way up.

Before the additional tasks are clear, I don't want to estrange the relationship.

This is a promotion live broadcast. The real danger has not yet appeared, so we must be cautious.

Just wait, now is not a good time.

I returned to the kitchen, sat in front of the stove, and fulfilled my promise to help.

The fire is strong.

After a while, the water boiled.

I stopped adding firewood to it and used the remaining fire to warm the water in the pot.

But being so roasted by the fire made me a little thirsty. Since there was nothing going on in the kitchen, I went to the tea table in the living room and continued drinking tea.

About half an hour passed, and the Xu brothers and sisters still hadn't returned.

"Didn't you say that the spring well is behind the house? How did it take so long?"

While I was wondering.

Crunchy——

There was a noise on the stairs.

Su Ruoyi came down wearing a coat, slippers, and her hair loose.

She was holding a rag doll in her hand, with an uneasy look on her beautiful face.

"You'an?"

"You'an, where are you?"

She looked around the living room.

"He went out to fetch water and said he would be back in a moment." I looked at her and answered helpfully.

The doll looks to be hand-sewn and has a very cute shape, about fifty centimeters in size.

Wearing a pink lace skirt, her hair that reaches her feet is braided into two braids, her eyes are two buttons, and her mouth is sewn with red thread to form a smile.

"Fetching water? Is there not enough water at home?"

"Probably, the mountains are no better than the cities. There is running water at all times."

"I told you to make do with it. You don't have to take a shower every night. I'm not that squeamish about this smelly uncle." Su Ruoyi walked to the door uneasy and looked out.

My brows jumped again.

Xu Youan's rhetoric was different. He said that his wife had mysophobia and needed to take a bath every day.

"Miss Su, they have been out for a while and should be back soon. Why don't you sit and wait. There is tea made by Sister An Ning."

"I won't drink the tea she made without her permission." Su Ruoyi sighed, but it was cold at the door, so she came over and sat down with the doll in her arms.

"Both she and my uncle don't accept me very well. Maybe it's because it was too sudden. You'an hasn't come home for many years." Maybe she thought I was a nice person, so she added a few more words.

"With all due respect, does Mr. Xu have any conflicts with his family? Most people would not go without contact with their family for such a long time."

"It seems so. He doesn't want to say this. This time, his sister kept writing to him, saying that there was something wrong with his father's health, so he came back."

Su Ruoyi hugged the doll tightly, her beautiful face full of sadness.

"Write letters?" I was surprised. "Few people use this ancient way to contact others nowadays."

"Yeah. Maybe it's because they live in the mountains. Or maybe You'an doesn't want to answer their calls. But I know that he didn't abandon his family."

Su Ruoyi seemed to be afraid that others would misunderstand her husband.

"Because no matter where he moves, he can always receive letters from his sister."

"If he didn't reply, how could my sister's letter be sent to him accurately?"