"What did you say?" Chi Zhuolin stopped and asked back.
Kuang Jinxin was taken aback, and hurriedly said honestly, "I smell oranges."
Chi Zhuolin was stunned, and then smiled: "The nose is really smart."
Kuang Jinxin didn't understand: "Huh?"
Wu Sheng and Xu Wang were also confused.
Chi Zhuolin lowered his eyebrows and said with intimacy and ridicule: "My brother likes to drink orange soda the most, but he can't drink enough by himself, and he has to share it with his good friends, but he killed all his good friends."
Three partners: "… "
Didn't you say your brother has no friends? Where is the good friend again? And what a fragile friend, who can't even drink soda...
"It's the flowers and plants in this yard," Chi Zhuolin turned his head and looked at the dry garden, holding back a smile, "I have to use soda water to water the flowers, and use all the soda water that my precious baby is reluctant to drink to water the garden. , as a result, you also saw…”
The three listened, not knowing whether to believe it or not.
How much soda does this have to hold to kill an entire yard of flowers
But if this is true, how sad would it be for Chi Yingxue, who really took these flowers and plants as his friends in his childhood
"He's just so awkward, he's too stubborn, no one can persuade him, and when he can't get it back, he hides himself and starts crying..."
Chi Zhuolin was still talking about his younger brother, and he seemed to be handy.
But at this moment, in his silly white sweetness, he finally took over a little bit of the normal brother's atmosphere - while pampering and bullying his younger brother, this is the main theme of the elder brother in the world.
The dark clouds suddenly obscured the last ray of moonlight.
In an instant, the entire garden, together with the veranda, went dark, as if it was suddenly covered with a heavy black cloth!
The three of them breathed for a while, and before they could take precautions, they felt their bodies crooked and leaned to the side!
After staggering two steps, Xu Wang bumped into the railing of the veranda. He immediately reached out and grasped the railing, but found that the whole veranda was shaking!
The veranda at the foot seems to have become a boat in the stormy sea!
At this moment, a low, almost cold voice came from out of nowhere—
"Chi-zhuo-lin-"
The voice was slow and majestic, making people feel oppressed and breathless.
However, apart from shouting his name, there was no second sound.
As the last lingering sound dissipated, the moon showed a ray of light again, and the outline of the veranda garden slowly reappeared in the three people's field of vision.
The veranda tilted, like the foundation suddenly sinking, and the originally horizontal ground became high on one side and low on the other, and when people stood on it, their bodies slanted to one side.
But they have no time to take this into account, because Chi Zhuolin is looking very sorry, and his eyes are still full of anxiety.
"I'm sorry, I can't show you the way. My brother lives in the west wing. After passing the garden, you can see it when you enter the inner courtyard." He spoke very fast, as if something was too late, "I have to come back. school!"
Xu Wang: "Back to school?"
"Actually, I sneaked back here," he trimmed his hair shyly and put on his helmet again. "My dad has found out, I have to get back before he catches me, or I'll be beaten again..."
dad
The three partners looked at each other. Could it be that the oppressive voice in the dark just now was the father of the Chi brothers
"Oh yes," he suddenly paused, and conjured up a pen and a piece of white paper, "please help me bring this letter to my brother."
After a few swipes, before the three of them could see it clearly, he finished writing his letter and handed it over directly.
Wu Sheng took it, Xu Wang and Kuang Jinxin came together to read, and finally understood why he wrote so quickly.
There is no text on the paper, just four sets of numbers—12077-34036-58009-80024
The moment Xu Wang saw the numbers, he grabbed Chi Zhuolin's wrist almost reflexively: "Where is the mother?"
Chi Zhuolin, who was about to turn around and leave, was surprised by this question: "You know this is the code? Did my brother even tell you about this?!"
Xu Wang: "No, it's not all Xiaoxue said..."
When Chi Yingxue helped break the secret letter, he did say that he and his brother always played like this when they were young, but the person who really caused his psychological shadow of "seeing the secret code and immediately finding the mother"...
Xu Wang narrowed his eyes to look at Wu Sheng.
Wu Sheng silently raised his head to look at the moonlight—although, it took a lot of effort to see a trace of it.
"Mother, my brother has already memorized it by heart. If you show him this letter, he will understand it." After explaining it quickly, Chi Zhuolin didn't dare to delay any longer. He jumped over the railing and disappeared into the garden with a trot. deep.
"Hey, wait a minute..."
Xu Wang wanted to chase, but he always felt that the clues of the mission were cut off, and he was a little unwilling. Although Chi Zhuolin said that Chi Yingxue was in the west wing, but with such a big house and such a long veranda, who knows where to go around.
But before his feet moved, the feeling of being watched reappeared, just behind his back, like a thin needle, pierced from time to time, not painful, but impossible to ignore.
He turned around again, only to find that Wu Sheng was looking back just like him.
Kuang Jinxin was dazed, and he turned around in a daze. Behind him, the long corridor that he had just walked through was hidden in the mist, making it impossible to see where he came from.
In this interlaced night and white fog, the eyes of the three partners slowly settled on a corridor.
The colonnade was about ten meters away from them, and the red color was so intense that it was hard to ignore even if it was enveloped by night and fog. And behind that pillar, vaguely, there is a thin black shadow.
It was like a child hiding behind a pillar, because the veranda was already inclined, so the faint moonlight finally outlined his thin silhouette, but the whole person was still blocked by the pillar, like a ghost hiding in the dark.
The orange smell came again, this time even Xu Wang and Wu Sheng could smell it.
It tastes cooler and sweeter than ordinary oranges.
Chi Zhuolin said that Chi Yingxue likes to drink orange soda.
What if the smell they smell now is not the residue of the dirt watered by soda, what if it represents another meaning...
In an instant, the hearts of the three partners were raised, hoping that behind the pillar was the person they were looking for, but they were afraid that they would go forward recklessly and scare people away.
"Chi Yingxue?" Xu Wang called softly, with unprecedented tenderness.
The shadow behind the pillar was motionless.
Xu Wang tried to take a small step forward, very lightly.
The shadow suddenly shrank back.
"We're not moving." Kuang Jinxin grabbed Xu Wang and assured him calmly and gently, coaxing, "Xiaoxue, we're not moving, we won't hurt you..."
The shadow swayed slightly, as if hesitating.
The veranda was suddenly very quiet, and the three partners held their breath unconsciously, watching quietly and intently.
The shadow trembled and took a small step to the side, revealing his shoulders and arms. The light was too dim to see what clothes he was wearing, but he could see that he was indeed a child, very thin.
The three remained motionless, as if they were frozen in place.
The black shadow seemed to have some trust, and tentatively took a small step to the side, seeing that half of his body was about to come out, and suddenly there was a very subtle sound in the withered grass and trees outside the railing, as if lurking in the dark The man accidentally stepped on the withered grass.
The three turned their heads subconsciously, and then widened their eyes.
There is another person in the bushes! Not a child, but an adult dressed in black and wearing a black mask, almost blending into the night!
This time, he was also startled by the shadow behind the pillar, he turned back suddenly, and ran!
The man in black in the bushes realized that he was exposed, so he smeared oil on the soles of his feet and fled to the depths of the garden!
"The soldiers are divided into two groups!" Wu Sheng said immediately. Either one may be a clue to customs clearance, they can't afford to miss it!
"I'm going after the child." Kuang Jinxin volunteered.
"Okay!" Time didn't give them a chance to hesitate, Wu Sheng made a decisive decision.
In an instant, the three partners dispersed, Wu Sheng jumped over the railing and jumped into the garden, while Kuang Jinxin followed along the veranda to chase!
…
Deep in the garden.
Xu Wang and Wu Sheng got lost. They chased the man in black, plunged headlong into the garden of weeds and dead branches, and then lost their way.
It seemed that the moment the garden wrapped around them, it began to grow wildly, growing without boundaries and without seeing the light of day.
They pushed aside dry branches one after another, and passed through clumps of withered flowers, but they never saw the end, and the road seemed to never end.
creak.
Another flower stem was folded under his feet, and Xu Wang knew that they were dead, whether he stepped on them or not. But just at the moment when the sound of breaking, an incredible scene suddenly appeared in front of his eyes - all the withered yellow has color, the flowers are red, the grass is green, and the trees are rainbow-like and colorful, just like in a fairy tale. Fantasy forest.
He blinked hard in disbelief.
The illusion disappears.
The dry garden is still the dry garden, only the lifeless yellow.
creak.
The same sound of stepping on the grass and trees came to Xu Wang's ears from the left.
But Wu Sheng is on the right.
The two turned their heads to the left almost at the same time, keen and swift!
Behind the dead tree not far away, there was a figure behind it.
They rushed over in a single step, and Wu Sheng, relying on the speed of flying on the grass, got behind the tree in a flash!
The man didn't even move a step.
Wu Sheng didn't say a word and grabbed the man's arm!
The expected resistance did not come, the man just stood there, motionless, and let Wu Sheng hold him.
Xu Wang, who followed after, first saw Wu Sheng's stunned face, and then saw the person he was holding...
Not the man in black with the mask.
Standing behind the tree... is Chi Zhuolin.
Xu Wang opened his mouth in surprise, not knowing what to say for a while.
Or Wu Sheng said first: "Are you following us?"
Chi Zhuolin didn't respond.
Not only did he not respond verbally, but his eyes and expressions didn't even move.
Xu Wang and Wu Sheng finally felt that something was wrong.
Chi Zhuolin stood there, staring at the empty mid-air, as if someone had placed a talisman on him.
Wu Sheng let go.
Chi Zhuolin's arms hang down weakly.
He was still wearing the equestrian clothes just now, his skin was soft, his body was hot, he even put his hand under his nose and could feel his breathing.
But there is no response to the outside world.
Xu Wang felt hair in his heart, and the chill penetrated into every pore.
Chi Zhuolin's neckline suddenly revealed a cold light.
Xu Wang and Wu Sheng's eyes were accustomed to darkness, and they were very sensitive when they suddenly saw the light.
Wu Sheng gave Xu Wang an "adaptive" look, then slowly raised his hand and cautiously unbuttoned Chi Zhuolin's shirt.
one.
two.
three...
Until the first few buttons of the coat and shirt were unbuttoned, revealing the boy's not so thick chest.
Xu Wang's eyes widened and he covered his mouth, so as not to let the screams explode.
There is a cold light screen on the chest of the young Chi Zhuolin, which is embedded in the flesh and seems to be a part of the body.
And now, the warning red word flashed on the screen - low battery.