Pufang Street can be regarded as an old street in Yongchuan. Almost as soon as you enter this street, you will have the illusion that time is quickly turned back. It seemed that in just a moment, it was transported to a certain moment hundreds of years ago, but there happened to be a building that broke this illusion and existed abruptly on this street, and that was the Yujin Apartment.
In fact, there used to be another hospital with a Chinese-style building at the location of Yujin Apartment, but a fire broke out decades ago. The fire lasted all night and burned the entire hospital to ashes. Later, people began to spread rumors that the hospital had bad feng shui or that there was something unclean about it, which was why the fire broke out. As a result, the original owner of the land wanted to sell it.
Despite this, due to various unfavorable rumors, although it has been listed for sale for many years, few people are interested. Until a young man named Dong Fan appeared, he immediately fell in love with this land and paid the full price to buy it without hesitation.
The neighbors talked a lot, feeling sorry for him that he had suffered such a big loss at such a young age, and advised him that it would be better to sell the land as soon as possible, but he didn't think so at all, and almost sold it the day after he bought it. Craftsmen were hired to start construction.
What made the neighbors even more puzzled was that what he hired were not ordinary bricklayers, but more professional workers. These workers soon built a Western-style building in the space vacated in the middle of the Chinese-style building. For people living in the small town of Yongchuan at that time, this three-story building was only seen in pictorials. Saw it.
After the work was completed, Dong Fan invited the neighbors to enter the building to visit. They were even more amazed when they saw it. The facilities in the building were also very advanced at the time, such as flush toilets and so on. After talking with him, they learned that this young man had been abroad for a long time and wanted to open a European-style apartment of his own when he came back. This is how the Yujin Apartment was built.
This apartment has dispelled all the previous rumors about bad Feng Shui. Because of its advanced facilities and Dong Fan himself managing and operating it with a completely European concept, it has quickly become a place where many people come to Yongchuan to live or work for a short period of time. It's the best choice to stay, and some people even stay there for a long time.
Dong Muya and Min Endong stood in front of Yujin Apartment with a copy of the last hidden letter in the diary. When they pushed the door open and went in, they happened to meet a woman who was walking out in a hurry. The strong smell of perfume on the woman's body made Min Endong almost sneeze, so he didn't see her clearly. Dong Mu Ya looked at her from top to bottom. This woman was probably in her forties, with thick makeup on her face, brand-name clothes and a limited-edition bag on her arm, giving her the air of a wealthy woman.
The lobby of the apartment is very square. Facing them is the front desk. On both sides of the front desk, there are two stairs leading to the second floor of the apartment. The stairs, like the front desk, are made of heavy dark brown wood and can be vaguely smelled. To the aroma of wood. A young man wearing a black vest, trousers, and a bow tie was standing behind the front desk. It was rare for a boy like him to be so meticulous about his appearance at a young age, but Dong Muya took a closer look. Look, I think this boy looks so familiar.
"Hello, welcome to Yujin Apartment, what can I do for you?" The young man said this habitually, and then he was stunned and exclaimed, "Teacher Dong!"
"Dong Haofan, why are you here?! I almost didn't recognize you..." Dong Muya was as surprised as the young man.
"This apartment is run by my grandfather. I sometimes come over to help. Are you here...?" Dong Haofan looked curiously at Min Endong behind Dong Muya. As far as he knew, his class teacher did not have children.
"Oh, this is my nephew. His family is coming to Yongchuan to live for a while. I heard many people say that this apartment is good, so we came to take a look." Dong Muya quickly dealt with him.
"Oh? I can also help you with questions about the apartment." Dong Haofan was eager to show his class teacher Dong Muya a different side of him than in school.
"I talked to your grandfather on the phone before, so I still want to meet and chat with him." Dong Muya refused.
"Okay, wait a moment!" Dong Haofan picked up the phone at the front desk and dialed a few numbers, then said into the phone, "Grandpa, someone is looking for you!"
Under his guidance, Dong Muya took Min Endong to the outside of the room at the end of the corridor on the left. When they arrived, the door of this room was already cracked open, and the strong smell of black tea came out from inside. Dong Muya knocked on the door a few times.
"Come in!" The old man's voice sounded from the door.
Dong Muya and Min Endong walked into Dong Fan's room, which was a suite. The outside was used as a living room and study room, and the inside was a bedroom. Dong Fan was sitting on the sofa as soon as he entered the door. The teapot on the table was still steaming. He seemed to have had a premonition that guests would come. He even predicted the number of guests, because the table was facing There are exactly three cups on the table.
The planetarium next to the desk rotates wonderfully, constantly reflecting the sunlight coming from the window behind the desk, creating a flickering golden light on the wall, making the whole room full of dreamy atmosphere.
"You came at the right time, and the tea has just been brewed. Take a seat!" The old man raised his hand to the seat next to him and said.
"Excuse me! Are you Dong Fan?" Dong Muya smiled and nodded.
"Yes." Dong Fan poured two cups of black tea for her and Min Endong respectively, then his kind eyes stayed on Min Endong and asked, "Do you want to add milk and sugar cubes?"
"Yes." Min Endong nodded. For some reason, the unique aura exuded by the old man in front of him made him no longer as defensive as he used to be when getting along with others, but instead showed an attitude closer to that of children of the same age.
Dong Muya took out the copy of the hidden letter from his pocket, handed it to Dong Fan and said, "We are here today for the content of this letter."
"Oh, have you read it too?" Dong Fan took the letter without showing any surprise, because he had already read the content in the letter.
Although Ran Tianyou didn't stay there for a long time, he was very chatty with him, because Dong Fan himself was very fascinated by some incredible phenomena, and he had a specialty, which was that he was naturally easy to make others have an indescribable feeling. Come with a sense of trust.
The first time he met Ran Tianyou, he knew that this person was extraordinary. Later, he invited Ran Tianyou to dinner. After drinking some wine, Ran Tianyou told him that he was engaged in the job of a monster hunter. The purpose of his return to China was not concealed from Dong Fan.
After this in-depth conversation, Ran Tianyou and Dong Fan became friends, which is why at the last moment Ran Tianyou safely handed his precious diary into Dong Fan's hands. Dong Fan believed deeply in what he told about the demons and monsters, and also showed him some of the information he had collected over the years about the incredible phenomena in Yongchuan and around the world. He never expected that after Ran Tianyou handed over the diary to him, he would suddenly disappear from the world, and there would be no news from him for more than ten years.
"Yes, we work for Ouyang Xiaoleng, the son of Ran Tianyou's sister mentioned in the letter. Now he is looking for clues about Ran Tianyou's disappearance, so if you know anything, please tell us!" Dong Mu Ya said to Dong Fan, thinking that he was Dong Haofan's grandfather, not only made her feel that Yongchuan was indeed very young, she also couldn't help but think that this might be a kind of fate.
"Well, Tianyou knows me well, so he must have guessed that I would try to find him after he disappeared, and I would probably get some useful information during the search, so he asked you to come to me. "
As he spoke, Dong Fan stood up from the sofa, walked briskly to the position behind his desk, took out a small key from the chest pocket of his vest, and used it to open a drawer on the desk. Take a folder out of it. He deeply forgot to glance at the thick blue folder. The information in it was all collected by him with great effort, and then placed on the coffee table in front of Dong Muya.
"This is it?" Dong Muya asked.
"This is some information I have obtained in the process of searching for Ran Tianyou for more than ten years. I am already old, and it is very likely that one day I will no longer be able to continue this work. From now on, I will ask you to find this friend for me. I I always have the feeling that he is still alive somewhere." Dong Fan sat back to his previous position and said.
When he looked in the mirror this morning, he felt that his complexion was obviously not as good as the previous few days for some unknown reason. Recently, he had gradually begun to feel unable to deal with the work in the apartment. Although he still had the desire to solve all the mysteries in his heart, after all, he was Time is not forgiving. Human lifespan is always limited. Fortunately, someone can take over from him and continue to solve this problem. Only in this way, what he has done before will not be in vain.
"Have you really decided to hand these over to us?" Dong Muya asked, picking up the blue folder.
"Yes, finish your tea and then go back to your work. I'm a little tired." Dong Fan answered affirmatively.
"Thank you!" Dong Muya and Min Endong said these two words almost at the same time. She thought of something quite important and added, "I forgot to introduce myself just now. My name is Dong Muya. Dong Haofan’s class teacher, so please keep the real reason why I’m here a secret from him, just say that I’m interested in this apartment.”
After walking out of Dong Fan's room, Dong Muya teased Min Endong: "It's really rare for you to be able to say those two words!"
"Don't you think he and that room have a special aura?" Min Endong seemed to be still immersed in the meeting with Dong Fan.
Seeing the two of them returning to the lobby, the young man standing behind the front desk came around, walked a few steps quickly to open the door to the apartment for them, and said, "Goodbye, Teacher Dong!"