Xiao Xuan immediately ran out of the black cave and ran to the antique shop less than ten meters away from them.
Familiar store name, familiar environment.
And all around are familiar street vendors selling things there.
Meng Xiaotao was stunned for a moment, and glanced at the streets that were no different from the real world.
The voices are full of people, and they are no different from the streets in memory.
Only one thing seems different.
The hotel, which was originally an antique shop across the street, was vacated.
Apart from this point, there is no difference.
Meng Xiaotao pursed her lower lip, frowned, followed behind Xiao Xuan, and walked into the shop.
The door was slowly pushed open.
The door shaft and the door made a creaking sound.
It's as if no one has entered this place for a long time.
The facts were indeed the same as she had guessed.
In the very tidy shop that she used to take care of every day, the floor inside was covered with a thick layer of dust at this time.
Not only the subsistence allowances, but wherever they can see, there is a lot of dust.
It seems that for a long time, no one has come in.
When the door opened, a gust of wind came in.
The dust was also blown up.
Xiao Xuan covered her mouth and couldn't help coughing.
"Sister Xiao Tao, what is going on?" Xiao Xuan's voice didn't sound very clear because he covered his mouth when speaking.
Fortunately, Meng Xiaotao understood him, "We are still in the illusion that the god gave us. I don't know the specific situation now."
Before Xiao Xuan proposed this place, it is very likely that the god used the fear in their hearts, or something extremely disgusting, to cause harm to them.
At the time she agreed with this too, and the beast she had never seen before was suspicious.
But now it seems that Meng Xiaotao is not so sure.
She walked slowly to the dusty couch, bent over and stretched out her hand to wipe it gently.
On the dusty recliner, there was a finger print abruptly, which was quite obvious compared with the dusty place on the side.
Meng Xiaotao looked around.
No trace of life.
But the antiques that were imported in the past are still quietly placed where they should be, and it seems that no one has ever moved.
Xiaoxuan gave a hum, and wiped the tears from the corner of her eye that had just coughed.
"Huh?" Wiping, Xiao Xuan seemed to see something, and after making a suspicious voice, he walked straight to the bird cage beside the counter.
Meng Xiaotao turned her gaze to him, "What's the matter?"
Xiao Xuan shook the contents of the cage, seemingly a little uncertain, "There seems to be something in it."
When he shook the birdcage, the same clanging sound actually rang out.
Meng Xiaotao stepped forward and took the upside-down thing in his hand.
Put the bird cage in front of you and squint to examine the situation inside.
Inside the birdcage, there are some scattered bird feathers, and the roots of the bird feathers have some blood stains, and they look mottled, as if they were torn off by someone forcibly.
In addition to the abrupt bird feathers, there are some scattered bird food and water droplets that have not dried up.
It seems that not long ago, the bird in this cage was still in the cage.
Meng Xiaotao shook the bird cage twice, and clearly heard the clanging sound from inside.
She watched it for a long time, but couldn't see what was ringing inside.
After thinking for a while, she reached into the cage and tried to see if she could get the contents out.
After some groping, she finally found something like a hard object in the overturned box containing bird food.
Meng Xiaotao knew what it was as soon as he encountered it.
So she pulled her hand down again, and after removing the bird box by the way, she finally took out the key.
It was a bronzed single key with only a thumb.
The shape seems to be made into a primitive shape deliberately, and it looks a bit old.
Xiao Xuan looked at the key in her hand, feeling a little strange, after all, he had never seen a key of this shape in the store.
It's like a key to open some secret base.
Thinking of this, Xiao Xuan couldn't help but curiously asked, "Where is this key? Why haven't I seen it?"
Appearing in the store is naturally the key to the store.
But he has never seen this kind of key, and in the shop, except for the key used at the door, it is not needed at all.
So this key should be to open a certain place.
Meng Xiaotao looked at the key in her hand with a complex expression, turned it around slightly, and finally said with uncertainty, "It should be the key in the store. As for where..."
She paused, "I'm not sure."
When Xiaoxuan heard her say this, she knew that she must have guessed in her heart, so she hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Then Little Tao, where do you think it will be?"
Meng Xiaotao stayed in place for a long time, seeming to be entangled, whether or not to take this key to see.
In fact, the moment she saw the key, she recognized it.
That is the key to the basement of the shop.
And in that place, only Boss Gu can enter.
Neither she nor Xiao Jiu can enter.
Moreover, Boss Gu always carried this key with her, and she occasionally saw it once inadvertently.
It's just that the shape of the key is a bit strange, so she remembered it.
She didn't know what was in that basement.
But she knows.
Whenever Mr. Gu is in a very sad mood, or when his mood fluctuates greatly, he always goes to the basement.
The last time she went to the basement, she remembered...
It seems that after getting the strange incense burner from the hands of a certain female ghost.
Although he didn't understand what was going on with the incense burner, Boss Gu went directly into the basement without saying hello to them after using the incense burner.
Thinking of this, Meng Xiaotao was a little moved.
After so many years, it is not that I am not curious about what is in the basement.
But for various reasons, she is not easy to see.
But now, the opportunity lies ahead...
Xiao Xuan pushed her arm down, tilted her head, looked at her questioningly, and asked, "Sister Tao?"
Only then did Meng Xiaotao react. She squeezed the key tightly, her voice was dry, but her heart beat quickly, "Well, I know where this key should be used."
With that, she let Xiao Xuan follow her behind.
He walked all the way through the corridor in the inner courtyard, and finally stopped in front of a downward step.
Xiao Xuan saw the downward steps in front of him, his face was full of doubts, "Why don't I know this place?"
He had lived in the store for so long, but he never knew that there was actually a step down here.