Seeing a group of mosquitoes flying towards Xue Lin, Feng Yi took two more steps toward that side.
As Feng Yi approached, the mosquito that was originally flying towards this side circled around, stayed for a moment as if unwilling, and then flew away.
As for the three mosquitoes on Xue Lin's body, perhaps because they had sucked enough blood or were forced to give up halfway, they also flew up, but were quickly caught by Feng Yi.
Feng Yi wiped the blood off his palm with a tissue and looked at Xue Lin.
At this time, Xue Lin finally came to his senses. He scratched the mosquito bite, calmly took out a tube of ointment from his bag and applied it, then continued to talk to Feng Yi about the sad things about this house in a melancholy manner.
"At that time, I had a dog, which was given to me by a friend. It was not convenient to keep a dog in the city, and I had some minor conflicts with my family, so I bought the house here. Although this house was too close to the river, it was very damp and had many mosquitoes, but at that time this was the only house owner who wanted to sell the house, so I bought it.
"This house is actually quite nice, located in the corner of the community. Although there are many mosquitoes, there are few people. I rarely run into people when I walk my dog, and I even play Frisbee with it on the grass over there."
Feng Yi looked in the direction the other party pointed.
There is a large patch of weeds that are almost as tall as a person. It is close to the river and not part of the residential area. The property management will skip that area when trimming the lawn. Unless the owners strongly request, they will basically let these places grow naturally.
"I still remember that the temperature that day was about the same as today. I took it outside the community to play Frisbee, and I didn't tie it with a rope. When I threw the Frisbee out, there was a phone call, so I answered it. During the call, I heard two dog barks, but I didn't pay attention to it. After the call ended, I went out to look for the dog, and found that it was gone..."
Xue Lin seemed to be continuing to immerse himself in his sad memories, and Feng Yi had to interrupt him this time. Since he was willing to buy this house, he had to clarify some questions.
"How could a dog suddenly disappear?"
From what Xue Lin said, he was on the phone for quite some time, but it wasn't very long either. In addition, he heard two dog barks during that time. Was it a dog thief
When Feng Yi asked this, Xue Lin's eyes were full of regret. "I don't know. The property's surveillance camera can't capture that place. I called the police and asked someone to check privately. But the dog seemed to have disappeared suddenly. The cameras in other places didn't capture any suspicious people, and there was no trace of the dog.
"Someone found some tracks by the river and said the dog might have been dragged down by something in the river. At that time, there were rumors in the community that there were crocodiles and pythons in the river. More people moved away, and those who stayed would not come near this place.
"Later, a patrol team to combat illegal fishing passed by. After hearing about what happened here, they came to check it out. However, they did not find any signs of illegal fishing in this section of the river, nor any crocodiles, pythons, or anything like that. They even put a detector into the water to investigate, but found no useful information."
Feng Yi was also puzzled, "It's impossible for a dog to disappear for no reason."
"Yeah!" Xue Lin's face was full of regret, "I should have kept an eye on it. Why did I throw the frisbee over there? Why did I let it get close to the river?"
Of course, Xue Lin's sad stories are not limited to these. He continued to talk about the sad memories that this house left him. For example, after losing his dog, he got a cat. Within two months, the cat ran away to someone else's house and abandoned him. Another example is that when he was running outside the community, he was tripped by an old turtle and broke his leg. His family forcibly tied him back...
However, Feng Yi was most concerned about what Xue Lin had just said about the lost dog. He wanted to ask more detailed questions, but Xue Lin was immersed in his own world and talking to himself.
As for the house, because it has not been lived in for a long time, many important things have been moved out. The furniture left in the house has been damaged to varying degrees due to long-term lack of maintenance and heavy moisture. It is still usable.
While Feng Yi was looking at the house, Lu Yue drove over.
Lu Yue had not planned to come over. He had a lot of things to do, but luckily everything was going well and there was no emergency today, so he came over to take a look. He was not worried about Feng Yi, he was worried about his stupid cousin.
However, the moment he got off the car, Lu Yue had the urge to turn around and go back to the car.
"It's not even night yet, why are there so many mosquitoes here? My mistake! I didn't bring any mosquito repellent!"
As he spoke, Lu Yue waved his hands to drive away the mosquitoes around him.
"You'll get used to it." Xue Lin said.
“Just get used to it!” Lu Yue thought to himself, screw you, I’m not going to “get used to” this place!
Complaining, Lu Yue looked around and couldn't help but say, "Isn't this just 'secluded'? This can even be called a 'house in the wilderness'!"
Snapped!
Lu Yue slapped his arm.
Instead of slapping the mosquito, he ended up slapping his arm until it turned red.
It's not even dark yet, but the mosquitoes are so aggressive? Wouldn't it be even more despairing after dark?!
Looking at the wild grass growing almost as tall as a person on the river bank not far away, Lu Yue shivered when the wind blew.
“Is this place… habitable?”
Lu Yue put himself in the situation and imagined himself living here... He felt like he was suffocating and got goosebumps all over his body.
Lu Yue asked Feng Yi: "Do you really want to buy a house here? Living in a place like this, aren't you afraid that some monster will suddenly pop up?"
Feng Yi: "... I'm brave and not afraid."
After saying that, Feng Yi smelled something, walked into the yard, and then picked up a snake more than half a meter long from the knee-high weeds.
Xue Lin, who still had melancholy in his eyes, took a look and said calmly: "It should be some kind of water snake, not very poisonous."
Feng Yi also said: "Well, the poison is not strong."
Lu Yue, who was already stunned, said: "..."
Xue Lin added: "Put it in a bag and hand it over to the property management later. They will release it at the designated location."
Feng Yi: "Then I'll just send it to the property management now."
Xue Lin: "Don't worry. If you find another one, you'll have to make another trip. Here, put it in this bag first."
Xue Lin took out a sack and handed it over.
Feng Yi calmly took it and pretended to be a snake.
Lu Yue: “…”
This is a snake!
A live snake!!
Don't talk about a snake in the same tone as you would talk about an earthworm!
"Why is there a snake in this yard!" Lu Yue asked with a stiff face.
He only likes bionic snake skin, he doesn't like real snakes and is even a little afraid of them.
Xue Lin looked at him with disdain: "Isn't it normal to have snakes in this place and this environment?"
After saying that, he turned his gaze to Feng Yi, frowning as if he had thought of some difficult problem.
Lu Yue was no longer staring at the mosquitoes, but at the surrounding grass, for fear that another snake would rush out of the grass and bite his feet.
At the same time, Lu Yue was thinking, was he making a fuss out of nothing? His cousin who studied art was calm, and his junior brother was catching snakes like catching earthworms, so was his reaction too cowardly
But the "beautiful mountains and clear waters" in Lu Yue's mind is definitely not this kind of wild ecological environment! There are mosquitoes everywhere, and you have to be careful of snakes entering your yard! He would not live in this kind of house even if it was given to him!
Thinking of Feng Yi's amazing sense of smell, Lu Yue planned to ask Feng Yi if there was any smell of snakes around. Since he could smell it even from peeled snake skin, he should be able to smell it from the skin of a long snake! Otherwise, how could he have caught it so accurately just now
Lu Yue opened his mouth to ask, but suddenly a force pushed him aside.
Xue Lin held the phone with the screen almost touching Feng Yi's face.
"Is this you?!"
Feng Yi focused his attention on the photo on his phone—
Holding a little green dragon in one hand, wearing a mask, sunglasses and a fisherman's hat.
Oh my god! This TM can be recognized? !