The Midnight Owl

Dad, come back.

When the password is not deciphered, it is just a piece of white paper with random numbers written on it, but when the deciphering is completed, it has the meaning of endless extension, and the end of the extension is a gloomy darkness.

[When I was a kid, I always played like this with my brother. 】

Both Jin Xin and Qian Ai clearly remember what Chi Yingxue said.

At that time, they really thought it was "playing", because when Chi Yingxue said this, his expression was naturally as usual.

But they now know that this is not a game. Even if Chi Yingxue wants to put a veil of “play” on this memory, inside, it is still a childhood hell.

Every time my father returned to the house, every communication, to the young Chi Yingxue, opened the door to **** again.

Moreover, Jin Xin and Qian Ai have been silent for a long time.

They didn't know what to say, what they could say, their turbulent emotions rolled in the bottom of their hearts like boiled water, but they fell to their lips, leaving only silence.

The cold wind drilled in through the door slit, and the secret letter fluttered gently.

Kuang Jin took a deep breath and put both the letter and nursery rhyme book into his backpack. After the outfit was finished, he got up and said to Qian Ai: "Go."

Qian Ai had not fully recovered from the shock, and froze to ask, "Where do I go?"

Kuang Jinxin said: "Find a way and find a way to go to the West Chamber."

"West Wing? Isn't the badge in the East Wing?" Qian Ai thought he remembered, raised his arm while talking, re-examined the badge manual, and found that his memory did not deviate.

"The badge is in the east wing, but Xiaoxue is in the west wing." Kang Jinxin finished, seeing Qian Ai staring blankly at herself, realizing that she was missing something, and quickly added it, "Chi Zhuolin said."

"What else did he say, can you share it with me at once." Qian Aifu, a password letter for a while, and a position for Chi Yingxue for a while, feeling that he didn't enter the Danghua Gate, as if he missed a world.

Kuang Jinxin: "It's really gone, that's all, I promise."

"All right." Looking at Kuang Jinxin's sincere eyes, Qian Ai chose to believe. In the current situation, it is really difficult to find both the badge and Chi Yingxue. The so-called greedy chew is not bad. Focus on finding Chi Yingxue, maybe I can meet the captain and the army in the west wing ...

Hey? and many more.

Qian Ai found that he had overlooked a problem. The east and west rooms of the courtyard house ... shouldn't they be together?

He told this to Kuang Jinxin, who apparently never thought about it: "Together ..."

"Affirmative," Qian Ai didn't live in the courtyard house, but the TV series did not brush down, and immediately took the lead. "It's like this is a courtyard. The uppermost house sits north to the south. The row on the left is the west room and the row on the right. It ’s the east wing, facing each other across the air. Here, you can splash your feet and wash your feet. If you splash a little further, you can splash the curtain over there! "

Without further ado, after clearing the goal, the two immediately left the room, preparing to explore the surroundings to see if they could identify the direction of the inner courtyard by identifying the north-south and north-west, and then find the right way.

As soon as he went out, Qian Ai was ready to use his mobile phone to light up, and was stopped by Kuang Jinxin: "If there is a moon, don't waste electricity."

"It's all right," Qian Ai said, "My phone is out of power, and you're on top."

Kuang Jinxin: "Mine is dead."

"..." Qian Ai obediently turned off the flashlight, and further adjusted to low-power mode, only to get back to her pocket.

Kuang Jinxin turned around and closed the door gently.

Qian Ai stood at the door, his eyes slowly adapted to the moonlight, and also saw the surroundings clearly.

This is a narrow and long yard, in fact, it cannot be called a yard, because from the row of houses behind him and Kuang Jinxin, the steps are down, that is, a wall that rises to the sky, a row of rooms and a wall, just like The two long sides of the rectangle, and the two short sides, are deep into the darkness, and the end is not clear.

Which way do you have to find, either left or right, choose one of the two.

Qian Aizheng was thinking wildly, and heard Jin Jin calling him: "Brother Qian, look at it."

Qian Aiwen turned back, and found that Kang Jinxin was facing the door that had just been closed, and looked up, looking at a certain point on the door.

He followed it inexplicably and found that there were two small wooden carved signs hanging in the center of the door lintel, one engraved with [East Chamber] and one engraved with [Tian].

"Here is the East Chamber?" Happiness came too suddenly, and Qian Ai could not bear it. In his life, there has not been such a beautiful event of "just want to find a way, the destination falls from the sky".

Moreover, Jin Xin is also uncertain.

The two looked along a row of rooms. There were a total of four rooms. Except for the room they just came out from, each of the remaining rooms had doors closed tightly, and the hollow panes were frosted glass. They could not see anything inside. But without exception, two wooden signs hung on the door lintels of these rooms, one wrote [East Chamber], and the second sign was combined in order, namely [天] [地] [人] [and].

Kuang Jinxin: "It should be right."

Qian Ai: "Yes."

One digging through the tunnel, one following Chi Yingxue's father, did not dare to distract from the observation of the surroundings, and the two little friends returned to the door of [Tian] 's room.

"Anyway, there are four rooms," Qian Ai opened the door just closed by them, "find!"

They were familiar with this room, from floor tiles to sofas, from tunnels to closets, and in a few moments, the two turned over, and even the ceiling was stepped on a stool to look carefully, and found nothing.

In the whole process, there was no flash of the badge.

For this result, the two little friends are mentally prepared. After all, they have stayed in the room for so long, the environment is so dark, and the flash has been discovered early. The reason why I have to go through it again is just to rule it out completely and safely.

The two left the room and closed the door for the second time.

Qian Ai walked to the second [ground] room. At the door, he realized that Kang Jinxin had not kept up. He turned around and saw his teammates looking at the towering wall under the steps.

"What's wrong?" Qian Ai asked.

Kuang Jinxin thought deeply: "Brother Qian, don't you say that the east and west rooms are definitely facing, since this side is the east room, the other side of the wall ..."

"It's the West Chamber!" Qian Ai knew what he was thinking. If it was really a West Chamber, that means Xiao Xue was also behind the wall!

"What's the matter now? Continue to look for the badge, or push the wall directly?" Qian Aimo rubbed his hands and eagerly tried, with the pride of "all the physical work is greeted".

Kuang Jinxin was shocked and quickly said: "Look for the badge first. In case we guessed wrong, Chi Yingxue was not there, so both ends would be empty."

"Okay." Qian Ai lowered his fist and reluctantly glanced at the wall again.

Kang Jinxin quickly took two steps, came to Qian Ai, and faced the door panel of the [ground] room with him, and took his teammates to return to the "find badge mode".

The door panel was tightly closed and there was no sound in it.

The moonlight penetrates the hollow carved flower and shines on the frosted glass, which has a misty coolness.

"I pushed." Qian Ai gave Kuang Jinxin a look.

Kuang Jinxin nodded, there may be danger in it, or there may be nothing, but no matter which kind, he is ready.

Qian Ai pushed it lightly and the door opened.

Qian Ai was startled by herself, as if the door was not a tight fit, but it was a false cover.

As soon as the door opened, there was a sound coming out of the crack of the door. It was a child's song, crisp and tender, half-humming and half-singing.

"Throw, throw, throw away the handkerchief ~~ Put it gently behind the kid ~~ Do n’t tell him ~~"

The door panel opened sideways along the inertia, the door gap became wider and wider, and the singing became clearer and clearer.

"Hurry up and grab him ~~ hurry up and grab him ~~"

Moonlight spilled into the room along the wide open door, reflecting a thin figure squatting in the center of the house.

The room was empty, like a cold box, the figure squatted on the ground, holding his knees, gently humming the song of the game.

Kuang Jinxin and Qian Ai could not see his appearance clearly. It was very strange, just like the moonlight deliberately avoided his face, even the outlines of the five senses were stingy to reflect, they could only vaguely recognize that they were a child, then, There is no more.

"Throw, throw, throw handkerchief ..." The child who repeated the game song mechanically, suddenly tilted his head to look next to him. There was nothing next to him, but he watched attentively, and the game song jumped to the back all of a sudden Cheerful, "Hurry up and grab him, hurry up and grab him ~~"

He sang seriously, devoted himself to watching, and even turned his eyes half a circle, as if there was a child beside him who had been put on the handkerchief, and was picking up the handkerchief to chase another person happily.

If you throw away your handkerchief, at least three or more children can play.

The figure in the middle of the house is only himself.

Kuang Jinxin and Qian Ai stood at the door and were torn by two completely disjointed emotions, one was panic and the other was panic. They couldn't tell clearly which of them would prevail.

"Are you, Chi Yingxue?" Kuang Jinxin asked softly.

The game song in the house is interrupted.

The child slowly looked up and looked, a face still blurry.

Kuang Jinxin and Qian Ai could not clearly see what he looked like, his expression, and he could not even catch his sight.

The dark clouds and mist have made the moonlight very dark, but the children are darker.

"Slap."

He suddenly patted the ground around him twice.

Qian Ai almost stopped breathing, covering her chest with a beating heart and asked to look at Kang Jinxin, her eyebrows grieving at 8.20.

Kang Jinxin looked at the figure in the house and the ground he photographed.

After two minutes.

"Throw, throw, throw handkerchief ..." When Qian Ai sang this song, she felt so ashamed. Why did she fall into playing with the ghost in the nightmare? He didn't want to understand until now.

Right now, Kuang Jinxin and Xiao Heiying-let's call it that way, because until face to face, his face is still hidden in the dark and unclear, Qian Ai can't look closely, and after a long time, he feels hairy-squatting face to face, money Ai pinched the handkerchief, happily leaping around the circle, humming and circling the circle, having to consider who the handkerchief was for.

From beginning to end, Xiaoying Ying didn't say a word.

This made Qian Ai even more bottomless. I always felt that the other party might be hiding some tricks. I really gave him a handkerchief. If he was caught up and caught, the consequences would be very scary ...

Thinking of this, Qian Ai decisively put his handkerchief behind Kuang Jinxin.

Little Black Shadow put a moment on the handkerchief, his body stiffened for half a second, and then switched the lyrics, instead singing "Hurry up and grab him".

Kang Jinxin felt when Qian Ai bent down, there was no way, there was a gust of wind behind him, it was difficult to think about it.

Similarly, he also found the child's stiff moment.

Somehow, he was sour for some reason.

Picking up the handkerchief, he immediately chased Qian Ai. The latter was quite involved. He squatted down as quickly as he could, and he was proud of "I am powerful".

The game song restarts.

Kuang Jinxin walked without a hurry. After two rounds, he ignored the look that Qian Ai frequently gave, and put the handkerchief behind the child.

After another half-circle, the child discovered that he turned back in disbelief first, and then immediately picked up the handkerchief, excitedly chasing Jin Xin.

You can't clearly see the face, let alone the expression, but the other party's consternation, surprise, and all emotions seem to be dispersed in the air, and you can easily perceive as you breathe.

"Don't let him catch--" Seeing the child's hand touching Kang Jinxin's clothes, Qian Ai was a little anxious. She couldn't sing any more game songs and really worried about teammates.

Kang Jinxin is also very committed. Running is really running, and there is no water at all. In the end, he still squats in a locked position before being caught by a child.

The child was not annoyed, he hummed the song again, and soon put the handkerchief back behind Kang Jinxin.

Qian Ai had a complex mood of isolation in his eyes.

Kuang Jinxin picked up the handkerchief, and this time, it was his turn to chase the child. Others have long legs and take a step forward to grab the child's arm!

Slightly cold.

Kang Jinxin only had time to capture this feeling, and the figure would disperse without warning, like a burst of sand, which would become fine particles floating in the air.

They can bathe in the moonlight, floating in mid-air, like a tiny firefly.

Suddenly there was a warm light in the room.

Kuang Jinxin and Qian Ai froze, looking at the light source.

In the corner, I don't know when, I lit a candle.

This is the first time they have seen the light other than the moon and mobile phone after entering the house. The yellow-red candlelight could not reflect the room as bright as the day, but it was a long-lost warmth.

...

"Still not." Qian Ai sighed mournfully and turned to close the door of [East Chamber] [Earth].

Except for the floor tiles, this empty room does not need to be turned anywhere, especially with candlelight blessings, it is almost unobstructed.

"Don't be discouraged, Brother Qian, think about it from another angle. Fortunately, there are only four rooms. Let's rule out 50% for a while?" Kang Jinxin looked at the remaining [people] and [and], "If there are four Ten rooms ... "

"Don't," Qian Ai hurriedly stopped, "This is the world of consciousness. In case Xiao Xue hears your creativity and gives us a play, then there is really no way out."

"..." Kuang Jinxin served his singular thoughts.

"You said," Qian Ai looked at the closed door and asked lightly, "Is that Xiao Xue just now?"

Kuang Jinxin shook his head: "I don't know."

The candlelight was still burning, and the frosted glass was stained with a light yellow halo from the inside.

"Hope not." He said quietly.

[East compartment] [Person] In front of the room.

Qian Ai touched the door panel, once reborn, second familiar, pushed forward, moderate strength.

Like the [ground] room, the door leaves open easily and without hindrance.

Another empty room.

Another thin figure with an invisible face.

The only difference is that this time, he knelt in the middle of the house, and there were no cheerful songs, only his own slap.

Click, click.

He fanned extremely hard, as if he was not playing himself.

Fan while repeating with tears: "I'm wrong, I'm wrong, I'm wrong ..."

His back was straight, but his whole body was shaking.

Not stubborn, but fear.