Episode 319
Leaving the basement, they returned to the shop.
It's still quiet here.
It seemed that there was no one other than the two of them.
It seemed to separate the two worlds.
Meng Xiaotao pushed the door open.
Immediately there was a bustling human voice coming in.
However, inside and outside the store, it is as if there is an invisible divided line.
The noisy sound did not breathe into the shop at all.
The shop is still silent, as if in the whole world, only the two of them gasped slightly.
Xiao Xuan somehow felt that the position of his heart was a little breathless.
He watched the voices of people outside, and then felt the silence in the store.
As if finally unable to bear it, he opened his mouth and said, "Sister Tao... I feel a little uncomfortable."
Meng Xiaotao gave a hum, and replied softly, "I think too."
Now she understood that for them, this was the biggest fear.
There is no Boss Gu who presides over the overall situation, and there is no Xiao Jiu who makes endless trouble every day.
This huge antique shop seems to have lost a life.
Although the boss of the valley usually goes out to pick up the task.
But she knew in her heart that they would be back in a few days.
But this place they are looking at now.
Thick dust, traces of no activity, and strange plants that have withered in the basement.
All of this means that no one has been in the store for a long time.
The two stood there in silence for a long time.
In the end, Xiao Xuan took the lead to speak.
He rolled up his sleeves, a look of dissatisfaction on his face.
"Since I don't know what to do now, let's clean up the shop first!" What this said is simply full of vitality.
Meng Xiaotao was stunned by his sudden behavior.
After a long while, the corners of his lips rose, finally showing the first smile after coming here, "You are right."
The two said they would do it.
Once the sleeves were rolled up, they took the lead in sweeping away the dust.
As a result, the dust was swept away by them and floated in the air, instantly choking them.
Meng Xiaotao covered her mouth and nose and waved the dust rising in front of her.
After Xiao Xuan answered his sentence, he ran to fetch water.
After that, except for this small episode, the remaining cleaning steps were all carried out slowly.
After Meng Xiaotao wiped the last dusty antique and placed it in the proper position, the movements in their hands stopped.
The antique shop usually doesn't look big, but after this cleaning, the two of them are simply exhausted.
The two sat on the ground back to back, and both wiped off their sweat, breathing slightly.
Xiao Xuan felt that he was a little weak. He shook his head weakly, his tone full of regret, "I knew it was so big, I won't talk about cleaning."
Meng Xiaotao waved his hand at him, also a little relieved, "Don't say it, anyway, it's cleaned up now."
The sun outside has already begun to fall.
The belly of Meng Xiaotao and Xiao Xuan sang the ensemble at the same time.
Meng Xiaotao rubbed her stomach and said, "I'm hungry."
Xiao Xuan agreed and nodded pitifully.
"Me too."
Finally, the two of them decided to buy something to eat first.
Different inside and outside the store.
There is a large amount of delicacies selling outside.
So you don’t have to worry about what you don’t have to eat.
The two of them swept around, and after they were full, they walked slowly into the store.
The street lights stretched their shadows.
Before they noticed, the shadow gradually distorted into a strange shape.
It's like eyes, but it's like something with tentacles.
The other party seemed to stare at their leaving back with a spiteful look.
At the end of the day, they were too tired. After eating and drinking, they went back to rest. As for other things, they might have to wait until dawn before making a decision.
…
The morning sun fell into the windowsill and shone into the room.
The sleeping person gradually woke up.
Xiao Xuan rubbed his eyes and looked at the scene in front of him. He was a little stunned. He didn't react for a while.
Yesterday, he and Meng Xiaotao worked hard to clean the room for a day, but now it has become the same as before, with dust everywhere except the place where he lay just now.
But where he lay just now, after he got up, there seemed to be a pair of invisible hands gently stroking his head.
That place was also covered with dust immediately.
Speed visible with the naked eye.
Xiao Xuan saw this scene and immediately understood that there might be other things happening here.
So without saying anything, he pushed the door directly and ran to the next room.
The person sleeping in the next room is Meng Xiaotao. Before going to bed, they said good night to each other.
But when he opened the door.
There is no trace of human activity or existence in the door.
Just like the room he had just now, there was dust everywhere, as if no one had been in for a long time.
Xiao Xuan was really panicked at this time, he called Meng Xiaotao's name several times.
But there was no response, and the whole room was empty.
Not only that, but even in the store.
The store door opened.
The scenery outside has long been deserted.
The crowd that was originally bustling disappeared without a trace overnight.
At this moment, it seemed that the whole world was the only one left with him.
Xiao Xuan's mouth was tight, there was no change on his face, but he was panicked in his heart.
…
When Meng Xiaotao woke up, her reaction was the same as Xiao Xuan's.
The difference, however, is that she didn't wake up where she fell asleep, but in a bamboo house at the foot of a mountain.
There was also the sound of birds singing and the sound of turbulent water flowing outside.
She had never seen the scene before her.
She sat there for a while, finally reacted, got up and walked outside.
She seemed to hear something just now.
Just outside.
She opened the door and walked in the direction of the voice.
The voice was intermittent, and the other party seemed to know that she was looking for herself, and the flute stopped.
Meng Xiaotao looked very tangled when she saw the person in front of her.
"Surprised to see me?" Yan An raised an eyebrow at her.
Meng Xiaotao's attention fell on the gray flute in his hand, "You..."
Yan An picked up the flute, "What's wrong with this?"
Meng Xiaotao thought for a while, but couldn't remember why she asked, and finally just shook her head.
"Why am I here, Xiao Xuan?" Meng Xiaotao looked at him.
Yan Anman put the flute away carelessly, "You and him enter the illusion created for you by others. I can't bring you all out. I can only reluctantly drag you to me first."
He paused and added, "To be precise, you are still in the illusion created for you by the other party, but I have taken over part of this place now, so you can come here."