From the crack of the wardrobe door, you can see a little outside, but because it is too dark, Chi Nan can't see who is coming.
They held their breaths across the thin wardrobe door, but Chi Nan could even hear each other's heartbeat faster and faster because of the nervousness. If they were so careful, it was definitely not the hostess and the maid, the only one. Possibility would only be—
"Who...? Is there anyone in the closet?" It was Tang Yu's trembling voice, as Chi Nan expected.
Chi Nan relaxed his shoulders against the cabinet wall: "It's me."
"Chi Nan?!" Tang Yu exclaimed in disbelief, "But...how did you get into the closet...and locked?"
Surprised, Tang Yu didn't forget to help Chi Nan open the lock on the cabinet.
At the moment when the door lock came off, the two received a system prompt at the same time—
[Congratulations to the two classmates for unlocking the important characters of the story, the favorability level is +20, and the accumulated favorability points are now 50 points. ]
Tang Yu was stunned: "What's going on? Where are the important characters?"
Chi Nan quickly jumped out of the closet and briefly told Tang Yu a series of strange events that occurred after the living room was turned off.
Tang Yu's scalp felt numb when he heard this: "If I had encountered this kind of thing, I would have been frightened on the spot, and I might not have been able to dig for clues..."
"Why do you want to come to this room?" After coming out of the closet, Chi Nan found that the room he was in was the locked utility room of the hostess.
Tang Yu: "My room is next to this room, and I hear the children's laughter all the time at night. I think that Chen's mother specially told us today that the hostess hates children, and all the tenants in this apartment are ignorant. There is no way to get pregnant without raising a child, it is impossible for a child to laugh, it is still the middle of the night..."
"Then I listened carefully for a while, and found that the laughter came from this room, and I just happened to understand a little bit more," Tang Yu pursed his lips and showed Chi Nan his homemade wire props for opening the door, " I didn't even go to the living room to find you, so I came in without authorization to find clues."
This reminds Chi Nan of another friend who is good at unlocking, black tea.
Tang Yu continued: "I heard a noise in the cabinet after I came in. To be honest, I was shocked, but I have no way out when I got here..."
"Before the hostess finds out, let's look for clues in the house." Chi Nan suggested that although they didn't have any equipment that could be used for local lighting, and they didn't dare to turn on the lights, fortunately there was a window hanging outside the room. The full moon is full of moonlight, and the bright moonlight illuminates the things in the house clearly.
A lot of debris was piled up in the house, so many that some could not even settle down. In order to prevent dust from falling, the debris was covered with a layer of white cloth.
Chi Nan and the others lifted the white cloth and found that most of the sundries were children's toys with a sense of age, such as dilapidated small basketball hoops, building blocks cars, dinosaur models... The most incredible thing is that some of these boys' toys are in pairs Pairs, regardless of type or shape, are exactly the same, and some have only one copy.
For example, piggy bank, diving goggles, and observation glasses all appear in pairs, while Trojan horse toys, small bicycles, skateboards, and diving suits are only one piece.
They found a small wooden box with four glass beads in it, two cold and faint green, and two obsidian-like pure black. Chi Nan held the four glass beads in his hand and suddenly thought of something.
It was a coincidence that the hostess was afraid of green-eyed creatures.
Tang Yu wondered: "Who would buy two identical toys for a child?"
Chi Nan was silent for a moment: "My character probably has a twin brother."
Based on seeing the exact same 'self' in the mirror before, Chi Nan can only assume the role played by 229 as his twin brother.
And he guessed that their acting class task was to find his elusive younger brother and fill him with all kinds of bad tastes.
Tang Yu nodded thoughtfully after hearing this: "It is true that many families will buy the same items for twins. If so, why are some..."
He thought for a while, and it seemed that he couldn't summarize the doubts in his heart, so he just shook his head: "The statement of the twins can indeed be explained, then we will look for your 'brother' next."
Chi Nan nodded in agreement, like a story designed by 229.
The two quickly covered the black cloth again to restore the room to its original state, but just after they had finished cleaning up, before they had time to straighten their waists, the footsteps of the hostess on high heels outside the door approached a little bit. room.
The sound of high heels stopped at the door in a blink of an eye: "Who's inside?"
Chi Nan and Tang Yu immediately stopped, their breathing froze, they quickly made eye contact, and quickly determined their next move.
The two stood on tiptoe and quickly re-locked the cabinet while the hostess was looking for the key to open the door. Chi Nan picked a corner farthest from the wardrobe, hunched over and squeezed together with the old things to avoid the hostess's sight.
They had just covered themselves with a white cloth, and the door was squeaked, followed by a 'pop'. The hostess turned on the light, and the room instantly flooded with light.
"Nannan, did you come in?" The hostess's voice was gentle and patient, but the boning blade in her hand glowed coldly under the light, so sharp that it made the scalp numb, "This is not the place you should come, It's a punishment room for bad boys."
She looked around with a boning knife in hand, Tang Yu froze and held her breath, praying in her heart that this terrible woman would not find them.
Facts proved that Chi Nan's idea was correct, the hostess really went straight to the wardrobe with the knife, her eyes went from top to bottom, and finally stayed on the iron lock that was moved by Tang Yu, and the chill in her eyes gradually grew: "Yes Wasn't the bad boy running out? That can't be... can't be..."
The hostess took out the key and gestured to open the iron lock, but by coincidence, a pair of dolls placed directly above Chi Nan suddenly fell from a height. At the feet of the hostess.
"Nannan, are you alone? What are you doing there?" The hostess turned around and walked towards Chi Nan and the others with a knife in hand, "I count three, will you take the initiative to stand up? Wait until I find you. , you will be punished."
The footsteps of the hostess were getting closer and closer, Tang Yu trembled all over, and in order to prevent himself from screaming, he tightly covered his mouth with his hands.
"3, 2..." The hostess numbered a number, and knocked on the wall next to her with the boning knife in her hand, making a tingling sound that made the scalp tingling.
From the gap in the white cloth, Chi Nan saw the shadow cast by the hostess on the ground, extending to their feet like a ghost.
He thought for a moment, and made a 'shush' gesture to Tang Yu. Just as he was about to stand up and give himself up, another 'pat, pat' footsteps suddenly came from the dark living room. Exactly the same.
The hostess stopped, and her attention was quickly attracted by the footsteps: "Who, who is there?!"
She raised the boning knife to her chest in a panic, gave up opening the cabinet, turned and walked towards the living room, "Is that you? ... Did you come out? Who allowed you to come out without permission! You bad boy...!"
"Bad boy... devil...!" Although she gritted her teeth and said threatening words, her voice trembled with fear.
As if the owner of the footsteps was the most terrifying being, she tried to bluff to repel it, but her legs were weakened by the overwhelming terror.
Soon, the crazy mistress finally gave up her struggle and ran out of the house with a knife in her hand. She even forgot to close the door of the room, hurriedly stumbled into her room, and locked the door to seal herself completely. stand up.
"I can't be found by him... I can't let him find me..." The voice of the hostess gradually decreased, and finally turned into a regular snoring.
The two who were hiding in the pile of clutter did not dare to delay for a moment, and they breathed a sigh of relief almost at the same time when they came out of the room lightly.
"It turns out that the hostess has a problem with sleepwalking. It's great. After she wakes up, she shouldn't remember what happened at night." Tang Yu wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. She cut off the man's head."
Chi Nan looked at the electric fan directly above the living room. I don't know when, the fan blades that were smashed down just now returned to their original position, hula hula whirling non-stop in the humid and sultry night.
Early the next morning, the maid prepared a hearty breakfast: "Master, Miss Tang, it's ready and ready to go to the restaurant at any time."
"Where's Madam?" Tang Yu noticed that the hostess had never come out of the room in the morning.
The maid replied stiffly: "The madam explained that she is unwell and wants to rest for a while, so the young master and Miss Tang don't have to wait for her."
"Understood, thank you." Chi Nan saw that there was nothing suspicious about a table of dim sum, so he sat down and ate slowly.
Tang Yu saw that he was very relieved to eat, and he moved his chopsticks: "Chi Nan, what are your plans?"
Chi Nan thought about it, turned his head and asked the maid, "Mother Chen, can we move freely during the day?"
The maid stared at him intently: "Young master, what are you talking about? This apartment is the master's house, so you can go anywhere you want."
After a pause, he added, "As long as you don't leave 229, it's fine. After all, Gongcheng is in a mess right now, and it's easy to run into danger when you go out."
Chi Nan nodded and asked again, "Where can I take pictures in this building?"
The maid's expression finally changed, and she looked at Chi Nan with doubts: "Why do you suddenly want to take pictures, young master?"
Tang Yu was smart and immediately replied with a gentle smile: "I pestered Chi Nan to say that I wanted to take a group photo in his hometown as a souvenir."
"Is that so, I also said that the young master obviously dislikes taking pictures..." The maid muttered to herself.
Chi Nan and Tang Yu looked at each other, it turned out that the hostess said that the young master didn't like taking pictures when he was a child was not just a perfunctory lie to them.
Although Tang Yu didn't know Chi Nan's plan, he did his best to cooperate. He pretended to be apologetic and smiled: "I have the habit of taking pictures wherever I go, and Chi Nan is here to satisfy me."
"It seems that the young master really loves Miss Tang," the maid gave Tang Yu a congratulatory smile. "The lady boss of the women's clothing store on the first floor likes to take pictures of people. You can go and try her."
"Thank you so much!" Tang Yu smiled like a little girl who got her wish, and her vivid expression could definitely deceive anyone.
After breakfast, the two went directly to the women's clothing shop on the first floor.
The two owners of the women's clothing store are the two cohabiting ladies on the second floor of the apartment. One of the young ladies with curly hair put out the cigarette in her hand and smiled friendly to the two of them: "We have a lot of new fashionable skirts in our store. , very suitable for Miss Tang, do you need me to recommend it?"
Apart from studying, Tang Yu is best at dressing up. At this moment, he smiled modestly: "It would be better if you could."
So Tang Yu and Miss Curly Hair shuttled through the dazzling shelves to choose clothes. Chi Nanan sat quietly on the sofa in the clothing store, like a boring gentleman waiting for his girlfriend to shop.
He recalled the other green-eyed 'self' in the mirror. What did the mirror want to express to him? What did the hostess do to the host in the mirror image, so scared that she didn't dare to look directly at the green-eyed creature
The hostess is by no means a positive role. Chi Nan found that in 229's nightmare, the role of mother is always creepy.
Thinking of this, a ridiculous thought flashed in Chi Nan's mind, but before he could catch it, Tang Yu's voice shattered his thoughts.
"Chi Nan, we've picked it up." Tang Yu winked at him holding several wrapped clothes.
Chi Nan understood, Tang Yu turned to the female boss, "Sister Tao, can I trouble you to take a picture of me and my boyfriend? You don't have to go far, just stay in the store."
"Small thing," Sister Tao was cheerful and not talkative, she took out a Polaroid from the storage room, smiled and looked at the place where the bouquets were placed at the door of the store, "I think this is quite suitable as a background, you see is it okay?"
"Yes, yes, thank you Sister Tao!" Tang Yu's mouth was sweet when he was not shy.
During the whole process, Chi Nan only cooperated to stand beside Tang Yu, pointed his face towards the camera, and relaxed his facial muscles a little with the sound of the shutter being pressed.
Almost at the moment when the photo came out, the voice of the female teacher in the system sounded—
[Congratulations to the two classmates for completing the important story line of favorability, favorability +5, and now accumulative favorability of 55 points. ]
Soon, Sister Tao handed the photo to Tang Yu, "Are you satisfied? If you are not satisfied, I will take it for you."
Tang Yu in the photo is very beautiful, he can't stop nodding: "Thank you so much Sister Tao, I like it very much."
Sister Tao smiled: "Don't be so polite. If there is a chance in the future, I would like to invite you to be my model in the store."
Chi Nan walked to the window, held up the photo and looked at the sun for a moment, then Tang Yu asked him, "Can you tell me why you suddenly want to take a photo?"
"I'm just curious, what happens when I take a photo." Judging from yesterday's photo album, the photo may be an existence that can reveal clues.
Tang Yu nodded thoughtfully: "When you say this, I remember that photos in ghost stories are an important way to find the undead, and many things that living people can't see will be captured by the camera."
"But..." He followed Chi Nan's movements and looked up at the newly taken group photo, "I don't seem to see anything in this photo..."
As soon as he finished speaking, an old voice suddenly sounded behind him—
"Can I show you the pictures?"
Chi Nan turned his head and saw an old woman in a wheelchair. Her eyes were pale gray, like two chaotic glass beads inlaid on her face. Behind the old woman was a well-dressed butler-like man. He was very gentlemanly bowing to the two of them.
"May I ask who this is...?"
Sister Tao and the old lady are very familiar: "This is Mrs. Grace who lives on the third floor of our apartment."
The old lady said slowly but clearly: "Although my eyes are almost unable to see the world, blindness has advantages and disadvantages. It allows me to avoid the interference of the world and can see another world more clearly."
After a pause, she smiled very kindly, "If you two don't mind, I can show you what's in the photo."
"Thank you," Chi Nan politely handed the photo to the old lady, "Please help us to see how many people are in the photo?"
His words were enough to make the room cool.
The old lady's old fingers brushed across the photo. When her fingertips stopped on Chi Nan's left shoulder in the photo, the wrinkles on her face began to tighten and tremble, and her dignified expression was instantly replaced by incredible.
She said in a trembling voice: "There are two people standing in the picture, but I can feel three souls."
Tang Yu shuddered, but Chi Nan remained calm: "Is the extra soul always with me? Can you tell me his identity?"
Although Chi Nan already had a guess, he still wanted to confirm it.
The old lady slowly raised her finger and pointed to the left side of Chi Nan's shoulder: "He is here with you."
Tang Yu was taken aback by her actions, and said with a low 'ah': "You mean, that soul is riding on Chi Nan's shoulders?"
Tang Yu had seen a famous ghost movie in the past, and the evil spirit in it liked to ride on the shoulders of the protagonist, and even made the protagonist think that the cervical vertebrae were branded, so there was such a guess.
The old lady shook her head firmly, still pointing at Chi Nan's shoulder: "No, he grew up here."
Tang Yu was stunned: "What do you mean...?"
The old lady looked at Chi Nan with eyes like grey glass beads: "This soul was born and grew up with you, he is part of your body."