Bai Xixing rubbed the tip of his nose and looked around subconsciously. His gaze swept across Zhichu and the headless groom, but like everyone else, he couldn't find their existence, so he lowered his head and muttered a few words, but he didn't know what to say. What, he showed a smiling face and said to the old man who was fishing.
"Mr. Li, in fact, I came to you to have a few words with you. This is something I heard recently, and I think it's interesting."
"What's up?"
The fishing old man called "Lao Li" glanced at Bai Xixing with drooping eyelids, as if he didn't expect to hear anything serious from this kid's mouth.
"About six or seven years ago, I remember that your family had a very bad situation. Both uncles' companies had problems, and they were even close to closing."
"But it's amazing, just when you can't support it immediately, the company has received several large orders in a row and overcame the difficulties. After that, your business became bigger and bigger, and the journey was smooth and smooth, and you have a competitive relationship with you. The company either closed down or switched to other businesses, and only your family is the only one.”
Bai Xixing sat casually, with a smile on his lips, looking at the sparkling lake, and said casually.
"Everyone is very curious about how your family was transported. Some people say that they have seen the ghosts of children near your villa. They suspect that your family has raised little ghosts..."
"Hmph, nonsense." Old Li laughed and slowly retracted the fishing line, ready to take off the hook. "You are so young, are you so superstitious?"
"Of course I don't believe it." Bai Xixing also smiled, "But there's one thing I've been sure about recently."
"What's up?"
"When my cousin disappeared six years ago, someone saw you near the place where he last appeared." Bai Xixing's eyes suddenly turned to the old man, "Mr. Li, is that the case?"
Cheng Zhichu, who was listening to them by the side, was startled when he heard the words, and Elder Li also paused when he took the fish hook. The sharp hook cut a wound on the back of his hand, and bright red blood beads appeared.
Cheng Zhichu was a little frightened. He knew that Bai Yi disappeared six years ago, and now he can't tell whether the conversation between Bai Xixing and the old man is reality or the content of the copy.
If it is the former, does that mean he can help Bai Yi? And if it's the latter, why does this dungeon involve Bai Yi again
The groom's body slanted in the direction of the old man, as if he was looking at him, he suddenly walked over, put his arm on the shoulder of the old man, and said.
"I have an impression of him too."
Cheng Zhichu's heart became more and more suspicious when he heard the words. The groom not only had an impression of Bai Xixing and Bai Yi, but also knew this old man named Li. He should have lived here before, and perhaps had a good friendship with the Bai family.
He couldn't help being horrified, and he couldn't tell whether this was a reality or a pure copy setting. If it really happened in reality, he couldn't imagine why the groom would be in a different place, and his death would be It won't have something to do with Bai Yi's disappearance.
What is even more terrifying is that if the death of the groom and the disappearance of Bai Yi happened together, what is the situation of Bai Yi in reality now
His heart trembled suddenly, and his attention suddenly shifted to the conversation between the two about Bai Yi, and he even forgot his mission.
He was patted on the shoulder by the groom's hand. Although he couldn't see his existence, Old Li was shocked. He felt a chill on his shoulders for some reason, and his expression changed accordingly.
There was a hint of dark color in Bai Xixing's eyes, but his smile was still perfect: "Elder Li?"
"Ah... Six years ago... Indeed, Bai Yi is gone."
Old Li seemed to have just reacted, and his expression returned to normal. He put the hook and line back into the box, raised his hand and touched the back of his bleeding dry hand, and said with a heavy expression on his face.
"I regret what happened to him and hope he will come back soon..."
"But I'm not very impressed with what happened six years ago. I can't remember exactly what I did that day and where I went."
"If you hadn't told me, I really didn't know that he might have been near me when he disappeared that day. If I knew he was there then, I would have saved this child even if I threw out my old bones, but... Ugh… "
"Do you want to ask me about your cousin? In fact, you don't need to be so circumspect, just ask me directly, but unfortunately, I don't remember anything, so I can't help you..."
Old Li shook his head again and again, said regretfully, and finally said: "My hand was scratched by the fish hook. I will not accompany you when I go back to take medicine. If you have anything else to ask, you can go to another day. Find me."
"It doesn't need to be another day, it's fine now." Bai Xixing smiled, "I haven't finished asking yet."
"This..." Old Man Li raised his hand with embarrassment on his face, "But look at my hand..."
"Come with me, go to my place, and I'll give you medicine." Bai Xixing smiled lightly, but his eyes became a little colder, grabbing Elder Li's wrist, and said irresistibly, "I am responsible for your injury. ,Right?"
Li Lao was stunned, shook his hand away, and said angrily: "Don't go! I, you kid, are messing around. I won't go, do you want to tie me up?"
When the people around heard Li Lao's scolding, their eyes fell on the two of them, but Bai Xixing did not show any uncomfortable expression, hooked the corner of his lips, leaned to Li Lao's side, and said in a low voice.
"Since you don't want to come with me, that's fine, I'll ask you directly here."
"Yes, my cousin is gone, but our family has never disclosed the specific details of his disappearance. He happened to have a conflict with the elders in the family that day, and his temperament is not very good. Many people thought he was It was because of anger that he ran away from home, and even many people in our family felt that way."
"Only a few people know the details of the cousin's disappearance. He disappeared by accident. It is very likely that he was attacked by someone."
"I'm sure that none of us have disclosed this possibility, so why did Mr. Li say so firmly just now that you want to 'save' him?"
His tone was rather playful: "'Save'?"
Cheng Zhichu listened and knew that Bai Xixing didn't tell the truth, because Bai Xixing once told him that Bai Yi disappeared because of an accident, but he didn't disclose it to anyone, even if Mr. Li learned about it by accident, It won't leak from him.
And listening to Bai Xixing's tone, the details of Bai Yi's disappearance are indeed very secret, and only a few people know about it.
Obviously, Mr. Li belongs to the group of people who cannot know the details, but his expression is still calm, he said.
"Your cousin has been missing for so many years and hasn't come back. How could it be just a momentary anger? I think it's normal for him to have an accident, isn't it?"
"Could it be that something happened after he left?" The handsome young man raised his eyebrows.
"My understanding is deviated, but that doesn't mean anything." Old Li said, "I can understand your desire to find your cousin, but if you question me like this, are you doubting what I did to your cousin? what?"
"Well, it's hard to say, I think that after my cousin disappeared, your Li family received a big order soon, and the business situation improved all of a sudden-"
"Bai Xixing!"
Li Laosheng said angrily, "Don't spit your blood!"
"Don't be angry, don't be angry..."
Bai Xixing waved his hand, still frowning, took out his mobile phone, and showed a picture on it to Mr. Li: "So, you don't know this logo?"
Li Laoben glanced at it casually, but after seeing the picture, he could no longer maintain his calm, and his face suddenly changed.
Cheng Zhichu also walked up, looking at the picture on Bai Xixing's mobile phone, his pupils shrank slightly.
This is a logo with a white skull on a black background, which is very similar to the game icon of "Infinite Escape", with only a few differences. There is a circle of blood-colored patterns around the dark background of this logo.
Although the design of this kind of skull icon is extremely common, in this case, Cheng Zhichu didn't think much about it.
"You..." Old Li's voice trembled a little.
"I'm very interested in this icon, and Elder Li seems to be the same." Bai Xixing raised his phone and smiled, "It doesn't seem convenient to talk about it here, can you talk to me?"
…
Old Li followed Bai Xixing back to the villa area, stopped before a villa, and Bai Xixing opened the door of the villa with the key.
"Is this the villa where Zhou Luochen committed suicide?"
The old man took a half step back, shook his head, and refused to go in after saying anything: "The villas next to you are yours, why are you using this haunted house to entertain me?"
"Oh, I happened to forget the keys to those villas."
Obviously there are several keys with the same shape on the keychain, but Bai Xixing didn't even blink, he said casually, pushed open the door of the villa, and made an inviting gesture: "Please come in—or, you just want to meet up here. I chat so everyone else can hear what we're saying?"
"… "
Old Li's face changed a few times, but he finally gritted his teeth and walked in with Bai Xi.
Cheng Zhichu, who was following behind them, had a numb scalp and was very reluctant to go in. He still remembered the terrifying experience of playing hide-and-seek with Zhou Luochen in the villa in the painting. When he saw the villa again at this time, he couldn't help but feel a little more apprehensive.
However, although this villa has once died and is said to be a haunted house, it is actually well maintained. The courtyard is peaceful and quiet, the flowers are fragrant, and the beautiful Western-style buildings are also bright and clean, as bright as new, at least not visible from the outside. What has happened here.
"Please." Bai Xixing opened the door and invited Old Man Li into the villa.
Cheng Zhichu was about to follow, but suddenly found that the groom did not follow, but stood motionless in front of a cluster of flowers, as if looking at the flowers.
"I have an impression." The groom squatted down, his fingers lingering among the flowers, and suddenly dug into the ground to bring out some soil, "What's buried under this."
Is it the groom's head? But why did it appear under this villa? Could it be that Zhou Luochen buried his head under the flowers after killing the groom
Cheng Zhichu felt a chill in his heart, and when he heard the groom's words, he didn't care whether there would be any supernatural phenomenon in the eyes of others, so he found a small hoe to take care of the flowers from the corner and began to dig up the flowers.
The snow-white wedding dress was spread out on the ground, which was very inconvenient. Cheng Zhichu had to hold the wedding dress in one hand and a hoe in the other, digging on the ground. After a while, he was covered in sweat, but the groom quickly took it. Take the hoe, let him rest aside, and let the groom dig by himself.
Cheng Zhichu stood in the shade and looked at the groom's back. If it wasn't for the lack of a head, the groom's back was actually very pleasing to the eye. His shoulders were broad, and the slim black suit outlined the graceful and smooth lines of his back, and his legs were even more slender. Tightness is the most perfect figure in a man.
And the height of the groom is not short... Cheng Zhichu was a little distracted for a moment.
Even if the groom doesn't have a head, his shoulders are all close to his ears, although he is indeed short... If the groom's head is found, it must be half a head taller than him, and it should be about the same height as Bai Yi's. …
Cheng Zhichu's heart stopped for a moment, his pupils contracted, and a terrible coincidence flashed in his mind.
The back of the groom is very similar to Bai Yi.
No, it's impossible, this won't be Bai Yi, the two of them have different voices, what is he thinking about, Bai Yi will be fine...
He shook his head violently, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, rolled his throat, suppressed the thought, and was about to look up to see how the groom was digging when he heard the groom speak in a low voice.
"found it."
Cheng Zhichu walked over to take a look, and in addition to the brown soil, there was a small white patch in his eyes.
It was a white human leg bone and a skull head.
Sure enough, there were dead people... Was it the work of Zhou Luochen
Because of certain psychological preparation, Cheng Zhichu was not much frightened. He plucked the soil on it with his hands, picked up the skull, and held it over the fractured part of the groom's neck for a comparison, but it was not installed. Not the groom's head.
Also... There are more skeletons in here, and this skull should be matched with these skeletons.
Cheng Zhichu was a little lost, but he still hoped that he might be able to dig more things. Maybe there would be a groom's head in it. He was about to call him to continue digging, but he found that there was still a black thing in the soil.
He reached out and took it out, carefully observed it for a while, and determined that this soft black thing was an old tape.
… is this the corpse of the boss from the last reality dungeon
Cheng Zhichu suddenly remembered that Specter covered in black tape.
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Bai Yi's Diary Part 70
I don't know how I got into the game.
When I woke up, I found myself lying in the dungeon and a voice told me that I couldn't go back to reality until I finished the whole game.
Because the real me is dead.