Shen Dongqing turned to look for the photographer.
The photographer was deducted too much rationally, a debuff was attached to his body, and the whole person fell into a strange state. She stood on tiptoe, put her hands by her side as if she lifted the invisible skirt, and walked briskly towards the cherry blossom tree.
She raised her head, showing a shy girl's expression, and muttered: "What a beautiful cherry tree..."
Shen Dongqing watched for a long time.
There was an old lady hanging on the bare branches, and the word "beauty" could not be seen from any angle.
"Sure enough." Shen Dongqing came to a conclusion.
The photographer laughed: "Hee hee..."
She sang and danced around the cherry tree like a fool.
After turning around a few times, the photographer seemed to find a person hanging on the cherry tree, probably because she was in a state of madness. She was not afraid at all. She raised her head and talked to the old lady who was already cold, and stretched out her hand to drag her. The old lady shook her right hand, which was dangling weakly.
"Come down and play."
"Can we be good friends?"
“Let’s play together, ah…”
Halfway through her words, the photographer stopped suddenly, the confusion in her eyes dissipated, and then she screamed, shook off the old lady's hand, and sat on the ground.
When she opened her eyes, she found a dead person hanging in front of her and holding hands with her. Who could stand the impact
The old lady was holding something in her hand, but after a sway, it fell out, and fell to the ground as soon as the wind blew.
Shen Dongqing stepped forward, bent down and picked it up.
Here is a photo, the other half of which was rudely torn off, leaving only a small half. Above is a young girl who lowered her head and dared not look at the camera.
Turning it over, the time and date are written on the back, which is exactly eighteen years ago.
The group returned to the hotel.
Before the doctor came back, the aunt was probably afraid of being "convinced" again, so she hid upstairs a long time ago, leaving the detective alone in the lobby on the first floor, scowling at the grief drama playing on the TV.
"Ah, you guys are back!" The detective saw them and hurriedly greeted them, "Ah? What's wrong with you?"
The photographer took turns to be frightened, and even deducted his reason, it was impossible to enter the hotel in one step, and he fell on the chair weakly, as if he did not want to communicate.
Seeing this, the detective could only find the other two.
Shen Dongqing and Zhou Wenyan seemed to be in good condition. After they came in, they poured a glass of water first, but they just looked down and saw that there was something wrong with the water here.
Shen Dongqing sniffed in disgust and fell to the side.
The aunt's voice came from inside: "This is Shenshui, why are you wasting it so much..." As she said that, she pulled her slippers and walked over aggressively, halfway through, she saw Shen Dongqing who poured the water, she was one of them. The brakes came to a stop, "… oh, it's alright."
Shen Dongqing put down the cup: "Shen Shui?"
Compared with the loud voice just now, the aunt's voice became weaker, and she changed her voice: "This is a mountain spring picked from the mountain, not some magical water hahaha..."
Before the words were finished, the aunt couldn't wait to run: "I don't have the gas turned off, let's go first!"
The detective is curious: "What did you do to the NPC?"
Why is this greedy aunt so scared? Looking at the back is like running away.
Maybe the detective stared at Big Mom's back for too long, and the game jumped out of the detection check prompt.
With the thought of not checking for Bai, the detective said the word "pass".
[Successful detection check]
[You stared at Aunt's back, and suddenly found a colorful thing on the corner of the wall, you went to take a look curiously. It was a leaflet, most of which had been torn away, and only a small section was left with the words 'stay away from cults']
detective:
What kind of clue is this
Shen Dongqing sat down: "I asked her two questions." After thinking about it, he added another adjective, "kind."
The detective saw that Shen Dongqing looked gentle, with a white and tender face, not like someone who could do crazy things, so he believed his words.
"Did you go out and find anything?" The detective began to exchange the clues obtained.
This game dungeon seems to be different from the others. It does not allow players to face danger directly, so the players are relatively harmonious, and there is no such thing as pushing teammates out to survive.
Shen Dongqing propped her chin in her hands, tilted her head and said, "The people here sing very badly."
The detective looked confused: ? ?
Well, with his abilities, I'm afraid he can't keep up with Shen Dongqing's thinking.
The detective could only settle for the next best thing and go to Zhou Wenyan.
"I went to find Su Xiaoying's attic for a morning..."
The attic is low and low, and no one would live there if there were no rooms.
So even if eighteen years have passed, the things inside have not been touched, and they are still placed there as they are.
"But maybe I'm too unlucky, the detection checks have been failing, why don't you try it?"
That's where the hatefulness of this game-playing rule comes in.
Maybe the clue the player is looking for is right in front of you, but if you don't roll the dice, you can never find it.
The photographer raised his hand weakly: "I have the skill of 'library utilization'."
The doctor told her last night that the library used this skill to be very useful when searching for clues, especially when searching for paper archives, there would be additional bonuses.
She was frightened today, she wanted to find clues and leave here earlier, and didn't want to waste time, so she stood up.
The detective was overjoyed and took the photographer to the attic.
Zhou Wenyan went upstairs to get two bottles of drinks, unscrewed the caps, and placed them in front of Shen Dongqing.
Shen Dongqing was lying on the wooden table, looking at the half of the photo seriously.
Zhou Wenyan reached out and rubbed his messy hair: "What are you thinking?"
Shen Dongqing was thinking hard: "I was thinking, are A Ying and Su Xiaoying the same person?"
Zhou Wenyan sat down on the stool next to him: "Why do you think so?"
Shen Dongqing picked up the drink, gulped down half the bottle, wiped her lips, and said, "Because their names are similar."
Zhou Wenyan thought about it seriously: "It shouldn't be possible."
Shen Dongqing tilted his head: "Why?"
Zhou Wenyan picked up the half of the photo, pointed at the girl above and said, "Guess."
Shen Dongqing:
Zhou Wenyan saw Shen Dongqing blinking his eyes with a bewildered look on his face. He thought it was very cute. He went up and kissed his cheek. After the kiss, he said, "Anyway, there are only two choices, and you can always guess right."
Perhaps it was because he had been with Shen Dongqing for a long time that Zhou Wenyan didn't want to think anymore, and now he prefers to solve puzzles simply and rudely.
But Shen Dongqing chose to think in this dungeon.
Shen Dongqing's answer to this was: "I can't live up to the painstaking efforts of the game."
For his game experience, the game worked hard to collect data to upgrade, and finally came up with a new mode. Of course, he had to cooperate with it, and he couldn't play it so easily.
About twenty minutes later, the detective and the photographer came downstairs, and the detective had a notebook in his hand.
This notebook has been out of sight in the attic for 18 years, with a thick layer of dust on it.
As soon as the detective opened the notebook, a cloud of dust kicked up.
This is Su Xiaoying's notebook.
Shen Dongqing touched his chin: "If someone doesn't like writing a diary, don't we know anything?"
Other players: …
The detective laughed dryly: "It's just the game settings, don't care."
After speaking, he looked down at the opened notebook.
I have to say that under the setting of the game, after 18 years, the handwriting on the notebook still hasn't faded, and it is still possible to tell what was written.
Su Xiaoying has always had the habit of taking notes. She wrote half of it. The detective turned it over and found the diary she wrote after she came to the ancient town.
…
September 15th, sunny
I came here with my friends to collect the wind. I have to say that it is not bad to occasionally get away from the noisy city and come to the secluded countryside to enjoy the wind mixed with the fragrance of rice and the clear night sky.
September 16, light rain
The weather changes as soon as it changes, so I can only stay in the inn and listen to the sound of the rain, and I meet a friend unexpectedly.
It's so funny, she was born in the same year, the same month and the same day as me, with the same name, maybe this is my long-lost little sister.
September 17, sunny
She took me to take an adventure in the ancient town, and let me see many things that I can't see in the city. Today we count the stars side by side on the top of the mountain, it's wonderful!
September 18, overcast
Because of family reasons, the little sister has not read books, but this does not affect her desire for knowledge. I will go to her home to teach her to read, but I did not expect that one day I can also be a teacher.
…
The diary ends here, the back is blank, and there is no further writing.
Detective Analysis: "It must have been an accident at a 'friend' house."
Photographer: "Who will this friend be?"
The players are now in contact with very few people in the town, and they don't know who Su Xiaoying's friends are.
Detective: "Su Xiaoying disappeared 18 years ago. She was only 18 years old at that time. It's enough to find someone of the same age in the ancient town to narrow the scope."
Photographer: "But until now, I haven't met any other aboriginal people except for the old man and the aunt."
Shen Dongqing reminded: "And the old lady on the cherry tree."
It's okay not to say it. After saying this, the photographer suddenly thought of the old lady hanging on the tree, and his face turned pale.
Zhou Wenyan said: "Don't look for it, I know who it is."
Detective: "Who?"
Zhou Wenyan: "My identity is an aboriginal who moved away when I was a child. It was a woman named 'A Ying' who wrote to me asking me to come back to see my seriously ill grandma."
The photographer seemed to have thought of something: "...that old lady?"
Zhou Wenyan nodded: "Yes, we didn't find A Ying."
That being said, the thread ends here.
The key person was not found.
Just as the players were in deep thought, the doctor was long overdue.
As soon as the doctor came in, he said, "I went to the village infirmary, and when I got there, I frantically conducted investigations and checks, and found a register of drug receipts from 18 years ago."
The aborigines here are very ignorant. Compared with modern medicine, they believe in ancient prescriptions more. Therefore, the village infirmary is usually crowded, and there are very few people receiving medicine.
"Clap" sounded.
The doctor put the registration book on the table: "It may be useful, but Su Xiaoying was not found. Let's take a look."
Zhou Wenyan opened the register, looked at it page by page, and then locked a name - Zhou Aying.
This surname plus this name must be the one who wrote to him.
His eyes swept over the name and looked at the medicine that Zhou Aying received.
Abortion pills.
Zhou Aying came to the infirmary to get an abortion pill.
The doctor gave a "tsk" and said, "It must be that she doesn't love herself, she had a child with someone else, and she came over to have an abortion. Such a girl..."
Although she didn't say it clearly, everything was silent.
The players present instantly had a plot in their minds.
In a small closed village, a young girl became pregnant unexpectedly. She had no choice but to seek help from the village doctor. The doctor sympathized with the young girl and prescribed contraceptives to her. Due to confidentiality guidelines among patients, no one knew about it.
But what does this have to do with Su Xiaoying's disappearance
Zhou Wenyan pressed the name lightly with his fingertips: "Maybe... This is not for her to eat."
Shen Dongqing couldn't understand: "Who will eat it?"
The detective's mind turned faster: "Su Xiaoying!"
Su Xiaoying and Zhou Aying are friends. If Su Xiaoying is embarrassed to get the abortion pill, it is normal for Zhou Aying to get it.
Photographer: "Then why did Su Xiaoying get pregnant, didn't she disappear after September 18?"
The detective's mind instantly reminiscent of the woman who married Dashan. He said, "Did he kidnap and sell it to the bachelor in the village?"
The doctor whispered, "It doesn't look particularly poor here. It's unlikely to buy women, right?"
The three players quarreled fiercely.
Shen Dongqing put down the drink bottle and let out a sound, attracting the attention of others: "Anyway, one of the two will get pregnant. Does it matter who gets pregnant?"
Zhou Wenyan: "It's not important."
Shen Dongqing: "That's it, why are you arguing? It's annoying."
Other players: … It seems so.
They stopped convincing each other and began to think of other clues.
Before I knew it, it started to rain lightly outside again, and a chill was blowing in from the front door.
Shen Dongqing rubbed his nose, looked up and looked at the calendar hanging on the wall.
It's an old-fashioned calendar, torn a page every day, and it's stuck on the 16th now.
September 16.
Shen Dongqing looked down at the notebook, which was exactly the same as the date when Su Xiaoying came to the ancient town. An idea flashed through his mind, but he couldn't catch it.
He puffed out his cheeks in distress, grabbed Zhou Wenyan, and pointed it out to him: "Look!"
Zhou Wenyan pondered for a moment: "Two times are the same, eighteen years... eighteen years are reincarnation."
"Su Xiaoying disappeared on September 18, either at night or the next day. It must be a special day."
"Then we only have three days."
Having said that, there was no trace of tension on Zhou Wenyan's face.
Shen Dongqing also stretched: "It's time to eat."
Then the other players saw that Shen Dongqing took out a special item and brought out the sumptuous dishes one after another in the smoke from the burning straw.
Other players: ? ? ? What is this operation
When it comes to food, Shen Dongqing is very stingy, only Zhou Wenyan can share it with him, so the other players can only eat rough farm dishes with tears in their eyes.
If there is no comparison, it may be said that the farm side dishes are refreshing and refreshing, but the aroma of lobster and steak floating out, players can't fool themselves.
The players finished their meal as if chewing wax, and wanted to ask the aunt to ask questions about the customs of the ancient town.
But I didn't expect that the aunt had already guessed it, and it was slippery or not, and I didn't know where it went.
It just happened that the rain stopped, and the players decided to go out for a walk to digest their food. By the way, if they met the aborigines, it would be nice to ask a few questions in a friendly way.
It has just rained in the ancient town, the ground is wet, and there is still water, and it will be splashes when you step on it.
Shen Dongqing was held by Zhou Wenyan and stepped on the small puddle one by one.
Compared to other nervous players, the two looked like they were actually on vacation.
The doctor whispered, "Are they really a couple?"
The photographer looked at it and thought that the picture was pretty good, so he picked up the camera and took two pictures, and fixed the backs of the two on the screen.
The background is a black and white style building and cyan slate, the splashing water and the sun shining down, unexpectedly found a rainbow. Zhou Wenyan on the screen turned his head to look at Shen Dongqing, with a hint of doting in his eyes, Shen Dongqing also smiled at him.
Doctor: "Hey, I haven't answered my question yet."
The photographer said: "It looks like you know it's a couple."
Doctor: "Don't you think it's weird?"
Photographer: "What's weird?"
The doctor wanted to say something, but when he saw two people approaching, he silently closed his mouth.
Maybe it was the sound of the shutter that alerted them, and Shen Dongqing came over just to see the photo.
The photographer was a little embarrassed: "If you mind, I'll delete it..."
"No." Shen Dongqing said, "You are very good-looking."
Zhou Wenyan: "If possible, I hope I can develop the photos for us after I leave here."
The photographer nodded straight: "Of course!"
After such a small episode, the players continued to find people in the ancient town.
But the strange thing is that as we walked along, there was not a single person in sight, only a row of buildings with black windows inlaid on them, silently watching the people who broke into them.
The players circled the town and returned to the same place before dark.
Got nothing.
The detective was a little anxious.
His task is to find Su Xiaoying. If there is no clue about Su Xiaoying, the plot will always be stuck here.
Shen Dongqing leaned against the wall, suddenly inspired, and said to Zhou Wenyan, "Isn't our mission to come back to visit the seriously ill grandma?"
Now they not only visited the old lady, but also directly killed the old lady, which is simply over-fulfilling the task.
Then, can't we get out of here
The game was patched at the right time: [Hesitant grandma's death is too strange, you want to find out the cause of grandma's death, and you are very curious about Zhou Aying and Su Xiaoying, and want to help detectives find Su Xiaoying]
Shen Dongqing: "Then why didn't I call the police?"
[…]
Shen Dongqing said plausibly: "Everyone knows that they need to find the police uncle when they encounter difficulties, don't they? And they are all dead, and not calling the police is too out of line with our personality."
After all, they are young people in the new era, and it is impossible to think about the supernatural as soon as a life case occurs.
The game was patched again with difficulty: […Because the ancient town is too remote, the nearest police station is a day’s journey away, but it just rained, the road collapsed and it was temporarily impassable]
After finally pressing Shen Dongqing's idea of calling the police, he said again: "But we are not curious, and we don't want to know the relationship between these two people at all."
[You want to know]
Shen Dongqing: "No, I don't want to."
[…you really want to know]
Shen Dongqing said innocently: "I really don't want to."
Faintly, it seemed that I heard the sound of vomiting blood from the game.
After it vomited blood, it simply ignored Shen Dongqing. In order to prevent the stalker from stalking, it directly hung up and passed a luck check to the players present.
There were a total of five people present, and after four failures, someone finally succeeded.
The sound of the game rang out feebly: [You stared at this building complex, and suddenly found a deep path among the staggered buildings, and there seemed to be a faint call from it. There is no doubt that you want to walk in.]
Shen Dongqing: "I..." He paused and said with a smile before the game was driven crazy, "I really think about it this time."
The players looked at the building complex again.
The fog that was in front of me dissipated, and a trail appeared, only for one person to pass through.
After hesitating for a moment, the players decided to enter.
The doctor said: "I'll go to the middle, I'm a doctor, you have to protect me."
The other players had no opinion, let Shen Dongqing and Zhou Wenyan walk in the front, the two girls walked in the middle, and the detective finished.
One step into the trail, the light suddenly dimmed.
As soon as the photographer looked up, he found that it was already dark, and a crescent moon was also blocked by dark clouds.
The signs are not good.
Going down the path, the game requires a lucky check every three minutes.
Shen Dongqing: "What's the use of lucky checks?"
The doctor explained: "If you succeed, you will encounter some good things, and if you don't succeed, you will be particularly unlucky."
As soon as she finished speaking, the doctor failed her luck check, and a black cat jumped past her with a shrill voice, which scared her and almost fell to the ground.
Then because she was frightened, the game made her pass a Sanity check, deducting 2 points of Sanity.
This time the doctor deducted a total of 6 points of sanity, but fortunately, she did not go crazy like the photographer, but her face was bloodless, like paper.
After walking for a while, the group finally came to the point.
Players can understand why the aborigines were not found. It turned out that this group of people were hiding here.
There is a simple mourning hall, and in the middle lies the old lady who was hanged from a tree during the day. Her face was covered with a layer of white paper, and she was as peaceful as sleeping.
While other aboriginal people are sitting next to them eating, they can see the old man and old aunt sitting inside at a glance. Their faces are calm and expressionless, just like the people next to them.
They ate very strangely, and there was no sound of the bowls and chopsticks colliding, let alone talking.
Everything is silent, like a mime, only images, no sound.
Quietly oozing.
Doctor: "They don't even eat!"
"Think of the good." Shen Dongqing said, "Maybe it's too unpalatable."