"What do you want to smoke?"

In the blur, Kou Dong couldn't hear whether Xiao Yu answered, maybe he answered, maybe not - after a while, the sound of being dragged sounded again, the door squeaked shut, and all the voices fell silent.

The three people in the room did not speak.

This ending is actually not unexpected. After Xiao Yu shook off the singing dog in the daytime, they had already guessed that this group of people would come to Xiao Yu tonight.

If she could fall asleep, she might be able to escape. However, Xiao Yu realized it himself.

Because I realized that my life might not be long, I panicked and wanted to find someone to back it up, and even delusionally thought that if I smoked the wooden figurine tonight, she could stop smoking. So she stole the copper coins and wanted to rely on this to keep herself safe this night.

It's a pity that this plan was also broken by A Xue.

How can Xiao Yu fall asleep?

She couldn't fall asleep even more, she opened her eyes and closed her eyes, it was the dog who just jumped up and bit her throat. When she opened her eyes once, she finally saw the singing dog again - the little fat man who once loved her dragged her down with his own hands, and she could never climb up again.

No one in the house seemed to notice that a child was missing, or maybe they were all used to it. No one asked half a word about it. It's just that when he was on the street again during the day, the big-headed doll who was soliciting business in front of the circus smiled and said to the townspeople who stopped in front of him: "Today, we have added a new member..."

Kou Dong already knew why their production speed was so fast. They are not human, so naturally they do not need to strictly follow the human production process.

In other words, it is a supernatural power that cannot be inferred by common sense.

The people in the circus led out a white sheep. The sheep's hoof was thin and lonely, with a pair of horns growing on its head. The big-headed doll brought a red drum and patted it again, and then it lifted the sheep's hoof and struck it on the surface of the drum.

The drums were thumping, and the people around them applauded in unison, a group of harmony. The three of Kou Dong turned their heads and walked away from the crowd, no one looked at them again.

"I can't wait any longer." Song Hong said, "The money you ask for can be divided equally, but who will fall asleep and who will wake up, there is no way to manipulate it."

Even if they knock people unconscious, they won't be able to wake up at that moment. Once they are found awake, they will be no different from the sheep in front of them.

Axue said: "There must be other stories, these kidnappers, and the circus."

They walked forward along the alleys of Shanhai Town. There were many pedestrians on the road, and everyone had a smile on their faces. It looked like a peaceful and prosperous world.

Who knows what is hidden under this peaceful and prosperous world?

Kou Dong suddenly said, "Where do those kidnappers live?"

Song Hong and A Xue looked at each other and shook their heads. They go back in a carriage every day, and the carriage will deliberately go around the town a few times, and no one can remember the route.

I couldn't even find the small yard where I lived at night, let alone the residence of the kidnappers.

Kou Dong thought for a while, then squatted down in a corner and gestured with a branch on the ground. They are now all dressed as beggars, very ordinary, and in tattered clothes, squatting in the corner, it is not surprising at all. He drew a long mark on the soil and gestured, "If this is where we're going to ride, we'll walk a bit to the left, then turn right..."

The two also pondered and tried to follow their memories, but there were no windows in the car, so they couldn't see the scenery outside. They were just blind people sitting in the carriage, and they couldn't tell the direction at all.

After a long time, only figured out the turning direction of the first half of the road. As for how long to walk along each road and when to turn, there is no clue.

Kou Dong wrote down the simple schematic diagram on the ground, rubbed it off with his foot, and said, "Tonight, we have to memorize it well."

There were no clocks in Shanhai Town. After the teahouse was finished, Kou Dong asked for a bunch of incense sticks and a small box of matches from the shopkeeper of the teahouse. There was still a string of copper plates in the bowl.

Song Hong glanced at the number of copper plates he had and asked, "Is there no need to ask for money at all?"

He shook the bowl in his hand.

"If our numbers are all zero, no one is the least."

Kou Dong shook his head and said in a low voice, "It's not that simple, and NPCs are not fools. I'm afraid that in addition to the explicit condition at least, there is another implicit condition, which must be more than one. - If it is less than this number, you will still have to choose. A wood smoker."

He didn't believe that this ghost system would not dig a hole for him.

After being cheated a few times, Kou Dong's intuition is now practiced, and it is better to ask more than to please less. Otherwise, if the hidden rule takes effect, he will be dragged by those NPCs to be a rabbit in the circus...

Although the big-headed doll who said that swore that he would not destroy him, he just added an ear and tail to him. - But that's not a good place to go!

He shuddered when he thought about that scene, like some kind of weird taste...

He wants a face, and doesn't want to experience this kind of bad taste.

Song Hong thought about these words carefully, only to feel a chill on his body, "If it's true, it's really dangerous."

He didn't think about it.

"In that case, the more money the better."

With enough copper, the remaining difficulty lies in the small plugs.

Whether this person is a person now, they can't be sure. Although the guess is that it is in the circus, there is no guarantee that the other party is not in the remaining two rooms that they have not entered.

After the discussion, the three decided to spread out tonight and enter a room each. Song Hong had some doubts about this statement at first, but after Kou Dong took out the old computer from the luggage compartment and showed the function of the "universal address book", he was relieved. At least with this prop in hand, the three of them can still keep in touch.

Just how to use it?

Kou Dong opened the address book, glanced at Song Hong, and silently created a new contact. The villain leaned against his chest and looked at him to save it.

Contact 1: Worrying mom.

Set to shortcut key 1.

Song Hong: "..."

He touched his face in disbelief and thought, "What about him?"

Is he a worried mom? ? ?

Kou Dong also opened the second new one.

Contact 2: Steel Tooth Little White Rabbit.

Set to shortcut key 2.

A Xue didn't blink her eyes, she accepted the title of "Steel-toothed Little White Rabbit" well, and she even thought it was a little cute.

Kou Dong held the old machine and decided to give it a try. He tried to call his worried mother across the street. After a few beeps, he heard Song Hong's numb voice over there: "Hello?"

Kou Dong: "Can you hear it? Is the signal stable?"

Song Hong was silent for a while, before answering for a long time, "I can hear it..."

He avoided passers-by and couldn't help but whisper: "It's just too weird. I have to grab something and put it in my ear to hear you... This sound seems to be transmitted directly into my head, now I grabbed a handful of dirt, and everyone around me looked at me like a lunatic."

Kou Dong imagined the scene and felt a little strange. But, "it just works."

He hung up the phone and tried to contact Axue again, and everything was normal.

After verifying the function of the props, the three made up their minds and prepared to separate at night. Seeing that he was about to get to the boarding point, Song Hong's expression became more and more nervous, and he couldn't help grabbing A Xuetao and insisting: "Be careful, if you can't do it at night, just pretend to sleep, don't open your eyes, if someone is looking for trouble , don't fight with him, we'll talk about it when we meet tomorrow..."

Before he finished speaking, he noticed that the eyes of the two were very strange, "What's wrong?"

Kou Dong pointed to his item column.

At this moment, four big characters came into their hearts.

- Worrying mom.

Song Hong: "..."

He shut up and didn't say a word until he got into the car.

The three people got into the three carriages respectively, and the incense in their hands was lit after the carriage moved. Kou Dong secretly calculated the time, took a stick of incense to the left, walked straight for three sticks of incense, and then turned...

He was a little confused when he remembered it, and Ye Yanzhi reminded him, "Turn to the left again."

Kou Dong held the incense and said faintly, "Cub, Dad is sorry for you."

Ye Yanzhi: "?"

He didn't understand, why did he suddenly say this?

Kou Dong said sadly: "I just found out that my memory is not good, in case I passed it on to you..."

Ye Yanzhi: "..."

Here again, Kou Dong is here again!

He originally thought that he would be able to get rid of this father-son relationship for a few days, but obviously, Kou Dong's marital attributes have not disappeared at all, but he has been with the other two for the past two days, so he pressed down...

When given the chance, he will be that loving old father again.

Ye Yanzhi had to justify his name, "I have a good memory."

No problem at all.

Kou Dong sighed, very disappointed, and said, "Oh, don't fool me."

"..."

who deceived you?

In order to prove his good memory, Ye Yanzhi told Kou Dong the route along the way. Kou Dong remembered and lit incense, and when he arrived at the house where he lived, the way he came was basically sorted out.

This time, Kou Dong entered the second room.

When he took out the money and offered to split it equally, most of the kids had no problem. Only a thin and skinny said: "You said that, how do I know if you will hide it?"

He was born thinner than other children, but he had high cheekbones, and he always looked like a sharp-mouthed monkey. Kou Dong glanced at him and said lightly, "Why should I hide it?"

He shook the bowl in his hand, and the copper plates rattled in it.

"Even if there is no distinction, I will definitely not be the least. -Why do I keep it secret?"

Not to mention the least, the copper plates in his hand are clearly the most in the room. Even if the children here are lining up to draw the wooden man, he will be the last one.

He really didn't need to give away the life-saving money.

To understand this, most children will automatically come up and put the copper plate. Only the skinny didn't move, he stood there and looked at him coldly, with a wary expression: "How do you know this trick works? Have you tried it?"

Kou Dong's patience was gradually exhausted, and he said coldly, "I tried it."

Skinny and aggressive: "Have you tried it? Where did you try it?"

"It's next door." Kou Dong said, "After coming back yesterday, did you hear a sound from the first courtyard?"

"..."

It didn't, and the screams didn't come from there until the early hours of the morning. This is enough to prove that the person in front of him is telling the truth. The skin and bones were choked, and finally he was silent. After a long time, his face was gloomy, and he put the copper plate in his bowl into Kou Dong's bowl.

Kou Dong didn't move away, still staring at him. The skin and bones were numb from his stare, and he felt a little guilty, and said sternly: "What else are you doing?"

Kou Dong asked, "Have you hidden anything else?"

The skinny face suddenly turned purple, as if it had suffered a great insult, "You are talking nonsense! Who will hide? You..."

He stopped abruptly, realizing that everyone around him looked bad. The skinny was a little panicked, and raised his voice: "You believe him? He is just planting! Framed! Deliberately wronged!"

The more he talked, the more excited he was, shaking his hands as if he had been wronged by the sky. The children in the house didn't eat his suit, and someone had put their hands on his pockets and groped around.

The skin and bones looked flustered, struggling desperately, and finally was held down by three or four beggars. The one in the middle searched him for a while, and finally grabbed something and stretched out his hand.

It was a few copper plates,

Qi'er sneered, took the copper plate in the palm of his hand, and asked him, "What is this?"

Skinny and speechless, his face changed and changed. He lowered his head and remained silent.

Qi'er pushed him hard, pushed him to the corner, and then put the copper plates into Kou Dong's bowl. Kou Dong counted and scored an average score, and the child at the head helped him send it.

He looked more calm than ordinary children, and he was obviously the one with leadership among the children in the same room, and he was taller than them. Kou Dong looked at his height and asked, "How old are you?"

The child said, "It's eleven."

He smiled and looked at the people in the room, "I'm the biggest."

Kou Dongxin said no, and me...

Not to mention the skin and bones, at first glance it is a player, maybe fifty or sixty.

He whispered this to his cub, and Ye Yanzhi asked, "How do you know that he is a player?"

"He must be," Kou Dong said firmly, "he doesn't love me."

Those who don't love me are all players!

Little man: "..."

It's a simplistic way to judge.

He sat down beside the leading child and said, "Then you've been here for a long time."

The child nodded and said, "It's been seven or eight years."

Kou Dong asked him in a low voice, "Then do you know Xiao Shuanzi?"

After saying this, Kou Dong obviously felt that the people around him stiffened. Immediately, the child turned his head and stared at him: "You know him? I haven't seen you before."

His tone made Kou Dong happy, knowing that he had found an important NPC to guide the mission, "I've heard of him. Where is he now?"

The child didn't speak, and after a long while he said in a dreamy voice, "In the circus..."

He shivered slightly, and curled up as if he was afraid. Looking at him like this, the other party doesn't look like a human, but rather like some kind of human-devouring beast. The blood that could tear him apart was blurred.

Kou Dong and Zai looked at each other, realizing that Xiao Shuan might be more unusual than they thought. When the child calmed down a little, he asked, "What does he look like?"

The child swallowed hard and said reluctantly, "He—"

The face that was almost buried in memory appeared before his eyes.

"he……"

What kind of person is he? from where? Actually can't remember. The child looked to the corner, as if he could still see the child, holding a smaller child, gently patting the back and coaxing the person in his arms not to cry.

That dark silhouette has almost become a nightmare for all the children here for a long time.

"Don't come near him." He shuddered, and finally he could only say this, "Don't come near him..."

He looked at Kou Dong with another look.

"You and that person... look a lot like. If you let him see it, he will go crazy."

Kou Dong asked who that person was, but the child only shook his head and didn't say a word. He just shrunk himself further into a dark corner, not knowing what to think, buried his head and said nothing.

Kou Dong couldn't ask any more questions.

In the dead of night, when the other children fell asleep, Kou Dong used the "universal address book" to contact the other two. Song Hong didn't get any useful information, but A Xue heard the kidnapper in their house say that someone once thought of running away.

"That's what he said," A Xue imitated, "Don't always think about running - what happens after you run, you haven't seen it before."

This sentence made my heart go cold.

"That's right," Song Hong said in a low voice. "Among the kidnapped children, there will definitely be those who want to run."

However, what made them unable to escape, and even dare not give birth to this idea?

This is clearly more than simple deterrence. If you unite with the kidnappers, something should have shocked everyone before this.

He thought again of the child's fearful eyes.

The phone hangs up before the members of the circus arrive. Kou Dong lay on the cold ground, forcing himself to close his eyes and fall asleep.

Before the heavy darkness came, a dream came first.

He heard low, gentle chants, a small child's hand clapped his back, his nose rubbed against the fabric.

The cloth is not soft, even rather rough, but it is warm with human body temperature on it.

"Sleep," the voice whispered, "sleep..."

"Go to sleep, my—"

"My treasure."

Kou Dong seemed to have stepped into such tenderness with one foot, and could not help sinking down. He struggled, and there was a thin layer of cold sweat on his back, almost soaking his clothes.

He vaguely felt that he couldn't sleep at this time, so he tried his best to lift his eyelids. When he finally successfully fought against this force, he opened his eyes and was directly facing a pair of pure black pupils.

Those big, strangely black eyes stared at him, and immediately pulled away a little distance - a little further away, Kou Dong realized that it was a big-headed doll.

He looked at Kou Dong with joy, like a hunter who had caught his prey.His slender hands gripped Kou Dong's shoulders tightly, clenching his shoulders painfully.

The corners of his mouth grinned, revealing a strange, discordant smile.

"You're awake," he hissed, "you're awake..."