In the car in the distance, Xu Dingjia smacked his lips, seeming to be still reminiscing about the instant noodles he had before. He suddenly thought of something and asked Jiang Cheng, "What did you dream about just now?"
Xu Dingjia frowned and thought about it, and replied: "I can't remember clearly. It seems that you ate too much...and then got food poisoning?"
Xu Dingjia rolled his eyes, "I think about it every day and dream about it at night. Are you cursing me?"
Jiang Cheng shrugged, "If you overeat like you, it's easy to get a bad stomach."
Xu Dingjia was furious and said: "Do you know who I am? I am a descendant of a real person! My physique is far beyond that of ordinary people, how can I have a bad stomach!"
"Okay, I was wrong, okay?" Jiang Cheng didn't want to follow Hua Nao's argument and surrender early.
Xu Dingjia was still not convinced, so he picked up the measuring ruler and said, "Do you know what this is?"
Jiang Cheng sighed and replied: "Isn't it just that magic weapon?"
"Measuring the sky ruler!" Xu Dingjia corrected seriously and said: "You look at things that seem very ordinary, but they can only be effective in the hands of the descendants of real people!"
"What is the use of this thing? To kill demons?" Jiang Cheng asked in confusion.
"You'll know when the time comes." Xu Dingjia said pretending to be mysterious, and after a moment he added in a low voice, "It's best not to use this opportunity."
Jiang Cheng didn't know why, but he heard Li Feng say from the driver's seat: "It's going to rain."
Looking outside the car window, Jiang Cheng found that the sky was getting darker and darker, the wind was howling, and the surrounding trees were swaying in panic, as if they were afraid of the coming heavy rain.
This is the harbinger of the coming storm.
"How long until we arrive?" Jiang Cheng asked worriedly.
Li Feng replied: "It's coming soon. I hope we can get there before the heavy rain."
As soon as he said these words, thunder was rolling in the sky, and a heavy downpour suddenly started. At this time, it seemed that the whole world had entered darkness early.
"Damn it, what did you say?" Xu Dingjia complained.
Jiang Cheng seemed to be attracted by something, his eyes always looking ahead. Finally, he saw the blurry shadow behind the rain curtain, which seemed to be a building.
"Is this an orphanage?" Jiang Cheng asked tentatively.
Li Feng nodded, "I have been here before, I can't be wrong."
Xu Dingjia looked over after hearing this, his expression gradually became serious, and he said slowly: "There seems to be something wrong here."
"That's not right?" Jiang Cheng thought that Xu Dingjia could see some things that ordinary people couldn't detect, so he quickly asked: "What did you see?"
Xu Dingjia shook his head, "I can't explain clearly, but one thing is certain. This orphanage feels like an enhanced version of Qingmei Lane to me!"
"Qingmei Lane?" Jiang Cheng asked with lingering fear, "Could it really be that... that kind of terrifying hallucination?"
Xu Dingjia seemed to remember something and asked: "I forgot to ask before, what did you see in Qingmei Lane?"
Before Jiang Cheng had time to answer, he found that the car suddenly stopped and turned to look outside the car.
The heavy rain blurred the car windows, but Li Feng said: "There is a ditch in front, and the car can't drive through it."
"Ditch? Haven't you been here before?" Xu Dingjia complained.
Li Feng was also helpless, "That was ten years ago. This ditch seems to have been newly dug in the past few years."
"Then what should we do?" Xu Dingjia shouted, "It's raining heavily outside?"
"You prepared so many things, didn't you bring an umbrella?" Jiang Cheng asked.
Xu Dingjia smiled awkwardly: "How could I have thought of so many?"
"Is there no other way around it?" Jiang Cheng frowned.
Li Feng shook his head and said: "The road here is not easy to walk in the first place. This is the only way in and out of the orphanage. Besides, this place is already deserted. There is no reason to build another road leading here."
Xu Dingjia said suspiciously: "Why is there a ditch across the road leading to the orphanage? Or... let's wait another day?"
Jiang Cheng naturally disagreed and said, "We still know nothing about the hidden enemies. The longer we delay, the worse it will be for us."
"Then what should we do!" Xu Dingjia said dejectedly.
"Get out of the car! Walk over." Li Feng said simply and was the first to get out of the car.
The remaining two people had no choice but to follow.
Before getting off the car, Xu Dingjia took out the measuring ruler and prayed silently, "My ancestors bless me, this thing must be able to be used!"
The three of them got out of the car and saw that the orphanage was only a hundred meters away. The orphanage stands quietly in the rain, dark and blurry, full of mystery and uncertainty.
Li Feng took the lead in crossing the ditch, followed closely by Xu Dingjia. In the heavy rain, everyone's clothes were completely soaked.
Jiang Cheng stepped forward and glanced at Shuigou, his heart beating very fast for no reason. Xu Dingjia urged from the opposite side: "It's raining, hurry up!"
The ditch was not too wide, and even a child could jump across it. Jiang Cheng calmed down and jumped forward. As soon as he crossed the ditch, Jiang Cheng felt a cold air blowing against his face. The orphanage in front of him seemed to become clearer. He could even clearly see the black brick wall behind the rain curtain and the old and broken windows above the attic. Behind the window, something seemed to flash by.
In this short leap, Jiang Cheng didn't expect that he could see so many things, and was stunned for a moment.
I heard Xu Dingjia shout "be careful". Before Jiang Cheng could recover, his foot slipped and he fell into the ditch.
After struggling to climb out of the ditch, Jiang Cheng's whole body was already soaked, and he felt bone-chilling coldness when the wind blew. Because of this, Jiang Cheng finally woke up a little and came back to his senses. He looked at Li Feng and Xu Dingjia. Due to the heavy rain, most of their clothes were wet, so they were no better than him. Xu Dingjia seemed to have sensed something. He did not take the opportunity to make fun of him. Instead, he pulled him ashore and said seriously: "Let's go back quickly. Don't delay until night."
Jiang Cheng heard Xu Dingjia mention the word "night" again, but what he was thinking about now was the scene he just saw. At this time, Jiang Cheng looked up again, and the orphanage turned into a blurry black shadow in the rain.
"Is it an illusion?" Jiang Cheng muttered to himself.
Li Feng was walking at the front and seemed to have discovered something. He greeted everyone: "Come here quickly!"
Xu Dingjia and Jiang Cheng quickly followed. As the distance got closer, everyone gradually saw a large rusty iron gate, surrounded by a black brick wall that surrounded the orphanage. But the strange thing is that outside the orphanage, the three of them actually saw several tents.
"Tent?" Li Feng thought, "Is there someone in the orphanage?"
"I don't care if there is anyone there, let's go take shelter from the rain first!" Xu Dingjia actually got into the largest tent first.
Li Feng was also suspicious, so he was not in a hurry to enter the orphanage, but followed him into the tent. Jiang Cheng also followed, and as soon as he entered, he smelled a suffocating musty smell. Looking at Xu Dingjia and Li Feng, they were clearly squatting inside with their noses pinched.