Chapter 55 The Missing Child

A total of fourteen people who entered the door gathered in the town square one after another.

Lin Qiushi took the time to observe the surroundings. This town looks very dilapidated. Most of the shops on the street are closed. Occasionally, the wind blows and the dust on the roadside raises the atmosphere of the town even more desolate.

Next to the square where they were, there was a sign. Lin Qiushi and Ruan Nanzhu walked over to the notice board and looked at them, and found three missing notices posted on the notice board. All the missing notices were looking for seven or eight-year-old children, including boys and girls, all of which were recently posted. from.

Seeing the missing person notice, Lin Qiushi immediately remembered the slender ghost in the clue. Although this slender ghost also attacked adults, in fact, the first target is usually children. It seems that the disappearance of these children and the slender ghost are related to inseparable relationship.

Just when everyone was talking about it, a dignified middle-aged man came to the end of the square. He briefly introduced himself in front of the crowd. their identities.

"I hope you can help us find the missing children," the mayor said. "These children were all gone within a week. We searched the whole town and couldn't find them. I hope you can complete the mission and find the missing ones. child."

This is the clue to the door.

After the mayor finished speaking, he led them to the hotel where they stayed.

The atmosphere of this hotel and the town is very suitable. It is very dilapidated. There is a dozing old man sitting at the door. Go to sleep with your eyes closed.

The mayor is obviously used to it. He said, "We rarely come to foreigners here. Because of the loss of children, everyone is very sensitive. When you ask for some clues, please be polite."

The hotel is a two-person room, and everyone quickly found a companion to live with.

Not surprisingly, Lin Qiushi and Ruan Nanzhu lived in the same room. Because of the dumb girl he played, he didn't speak much the whole time. When someone cast his eyes on him, he didn't see it.

That Wang Tianxin seemed to have some interest in him, but he hid it well, but occasionally Lin Qiushi could feel his gaze.

Lin Qiushi just pretended that he didn't see it.

After assigning the room, the mayor said something about the town.

Their town used to be a fishing village, but after a dam was built upstream, the fish became less and it fell into disrepair. There is no industry in the town, only a canning factory in the far west of the town. On the far east is the village cemetery, and the mayor told them that if it was all right, it was best not to go there.

Everyone listened quietly, and some people were taking notes. Usually the main clues are provided by NPCs, and in these clues, the key is buried.

After so tossing for a while, everyone was a little hungry. So ate something casually at the restaurant downstairs.

The food here tastes very bad, the bread is hard and dry, and the people who eat it have a toothache. In addition to the bread, there is also fried fish that makes people lose their appetite. Lin Qiushi glanced at the dead fish eyes staring at the fried fish. Did not dare to put down a knife and fork. Is it really not poisonous to eat this stuff?

Ruan Nanzhu didn't touch the fish and only ate some bread. Since he entered the hotel, he didn't speak much, and seemed to be thinking about something.

After eating this bad dinner, everyone plans to go back to rest, so as to welcome the next day.

The same is true for Lin Qiushi. After a simple wash, he climbed into the bed.

This is a standard room with two beds, his by the window and Ruan Nanzhu by the door.

Ruan Nanzhu took a shower and came out of the bathroom with her upper body naked, wiping her hair and saying, "What do you think?"

Lin Qiushi huddled on the bedside and played with his mobile phone: "Let's go ask the parents of the missing children tomorrow to see if there are any clues." He thought for a moment, "Since the mayor mentioned the cannery, maybe we should Go check it out." This town is not big, there are so many clues, and it stands to reason that there should be what they want in the cannery.

Ruan Nanzhu: "Well, how do you feel?"

Lin Qiushi thought that Ruan Nanzhu asked him how he felt about this door, so he answered obediently: "It's alright, but the meal is really unpalatable."

Ruan Nanzhu raised her eyebrows: "I'm asking you how it feels to be a dumb girl."

Lin Qiushi: "..."

Ruan Nanzhu: "Aren't you happy?"

Facing the imposing Ruan Nanzhu, Lin Qiushi turned into a cowardly dog ​​and said with a fake smile, "Happy, happy." Why did he ask such a low-key thing in the first place.

I have to say that Lin Qiushi, who is dressed as a woman, makes such an expression is very cute. Whether Lin Qiushi is willing or not, at least this answer satisfied Ruan Nanzhu. He smiled subtly and said warmly: "If you like it, it is good."

Lin Qiushi: "..." Why did he have a bad premonition.

The two chatted a few more words and then went to bed separately.

The window next to Lin Qiushi is a hinged window, and you can vaguely see the shadows cast by the treetops outside. The breeze blew, and the treetops rustled. Although this hotel looks dilapidated, the environment inside is actually okay, the only fly in the ointment is such a cold day, and there are mosquitoes, and the buzzing sound is really disturbing. Lin Qiushi lay on the bed, trying to empty himself as much as possible, trying to make himself want to fall asleep earlier.

However, just when he was about to fall asleep, he was gently poked by Ruan Nanzhu from behind. He was about to turn his head when he heard Ruan Nanzhu's low voice: "Don't move, there is something outside."

Lin Qiushi was shocked and woke up instantly.

He looked carefully and found that something indescribable was attached to the tree outside. Like a snake, you can't see it unless you look closely.

The thing slowly stretched out a hand and stuck it on the hinged window.

Lin Qiushi saw the hand open a page in the folding window. He thought he would see a pair of black eyes, but he didn't expect to see only a pale... That thing had no eyes at all.

"Close your eyes." Ruan Nanzhu suddenly said.

Lin Qiushi immediately closed his eyes obediently. His hearing was very sensitive, and he could clearly hear the sound of the folding window being flipped.

Then came the rustling of footsteps, as if something had gone off the grass.

Ruan Nanzhu didn't let Lin Qiushi open his eyes. Lin Qiushi started to endure it, but finally he couldn't bear it anymore and said, "Are you alright?"

No sound.

Lin Qiushi's heart tightened, worried if something happened. He opened his eyes and turned around, only to find that Ruan Nanzhu was already asleep.

Lin Qiushi: "..." It seems that this sleeping pill not only sleeps others, but also sleeps myself.

The window calmed down, and Lin Qiushi closed his eyes and fell asleep.

The next day, it was rainy weather.

The temperature is a little cold, and there are raindrops floating in the air.

Lin Qiushi and Ruan Nanzhu got up early and went to the restaurant downstairs. As soon as he entered, Lin Qiushi heard Wang Tianxin and the girl laughing, and the two seemed to get closer after a night of getting along. The girl who was hooked up by Wang Tianxin was feeding him breakfast with a smile.

Lin Qiushi glanced at him and really admired this kind of person. In such an atmosphere inside the door, it is possible to have a pleasant appointment. To a certain extent, it is also a talent.

Ruan Nanzhu came in behind him, and as soon as the two entered, they attracted most of the attention in the restaurant. Some people looked at Ruan Nanzhu, who was still conspicuous in appearance, but some people cast their ambiguous eyes on Lin Qiushi.

Lin Qiushi was still inexplicable at first, until he went to the toilet in the middle, and after looking in the mirror for a while, he suddenly felt that something was wrong...

He stretched his neck and took a closer look, and found that at some point, there was a red mark under the base of his ear, and the mark was a little itchy. Others don't know, and the location is so ambiguous.

Lin Qiushi couldn't help laughing. He scratched twice with his hand, and it felt even more itchy.

This thing could not be eliminated for the time being, Lin Qiushi sighed and could only give up, he washed his hands, turned around and was about to leave, but saw Wang Tianxin walking in from outside the toilet.

This hotel is very small, there is only one toilet on the first floor, and it is mixed for men and women.

The two met in the narrow toilet, and Lin Qiushi turned away and gave him a way to signal him to go first.

Wang Tianxin smiled at him and suddenly said, "Why are you afraid of me?"

Lin Qiushi was taken aback.

"It's obvious that he and I are doing the same thing, why do you have to look like I'm a bad guy?" Wang Tianxin's voice is actually pretty good, and he has a pair of beautiful peach blossom eyes. It's a good idea to put it outside Girls like it, he stretched out his hand, grabbed Lin Qiushi's arm, and said, "Right?"

Lin Qiushi knew that he had misunderstood. He wanted to pull his hand out of Wang Tianxin's hand, but he was afraid that his strength would reveal his identity, so he could only use his other hand to take out his mobile phone and type: We are not like that, you Misunderstood.

Who would have thought that Wang Tianxin sneered when he saw this word, and said, "You think I'm stupid. Could the mark on your neck be bitten by a mosquito?"

Lin Qiushi: Hey, it's a fucking mosquito bite.

Wang Tianxin glanced outside, and suddenly showed an evil smile: "You said, if I did you in the toilet, would he find out?"

Lin Qiushi: "..." He silently glanced at Wang Tianxin's weak physique, thinking to himself, my friend, it's not certain who will do it.

I don't know what kind of illusion Lin Qiushi's expression gave Wang Tianxin. He smiled and said, "Why, now you know you're afraid?"

Lin Qiushi glanced around in the toilet, and he had already begun to think about how to turn over the people in front of him later, which would be more relieved.

But just when Lin Qiushi was about to do it, the sound of other people's footsteps suddenly came from outside.

Wang Tianxin actually refused to let go of Lin Qiushi, until Ruan Nanzhu appeared at the door and stared at him with bad eyes, and he smirked unwillingly and let go.

"Qiuqiu." Ruan Nanzhu's voice was cold, "Is someone embarrassing you?"

Lin Qiushi glanced at Ruan Nanzhu, and the moment their eyes met, he suddenly understood. At this moment, Lin Qiushi was possessed by a playful spirit. He sobbed and threw himself into Ruan Nanzhu's arms, looking like I was bullied so miserably. appearance.

Ruan Nanzhu looked up and looked at Wang Tianxin.

It was probably because Ruan Nanzhu's eyes were too terrifying, and Wang Tianxin, who was still arrogant just now, froze for a moment, showing an embarrassed smile: "Misunderstanding, it's all a misunderstanding, I didn't do anything to Qiuqiu..."

Ruan Nanzhu said: "The last time." His voice was as cold as ice, "If I find out what you're trying to do to her again, I'll kill you." Killing you doesn't seem like she's talking rudely. , even Lin Qiushi, who was leaning against Ruan Nanzhu's arms, could sense the strong killing intent.

Ruan Nanzhu is serious.

Lin Qiushi knew it, and so did Wang Tianxin.

So he responded in a panic, turned around and left without even going to the toilet.

Lin Qiushi looked at his fleeing back, and wanted to spit.

"Are you okay?" Ruan Nanzhu asked him.

Lin Qiushi shook his head, then pointed to the bite mark under his ear.

Who knew that in the next moment, a warm and soft thing was attached to it and sucked for a while. Lin Qiushi's eyes widened, and he wanted to push the person in front of him away in a conditioned reflex, but Ruan Nanzhu laughed lowly and said: "Little dumb girl, do you really think I am a good person?"

Lin Qiushi: "..." Boss, are you so happy when you act?

"I'm not a good person either." Ruan Nanzhu's fingers rubbed heavily there, causing Lin Qiushi to shiver involuntarily. He opened his mouth to speak, but Ruan Nanzhu made a shush gesture, indicating The wall has ears.

"If you obey me obediently, I will take you out." Ruan Nanzhu said, "If you are not obedient, don't blame me for leaving you alone."

Lin Qiushi: "..." It's almost enough.

Ruan Nanzhu: "Do you understand?"

Lin Qiushi could only nod his head.

So Ruan Nanzhu showed a satisfied expression, took Lin Qiushi's hand and went out.

At this moment, Lin Qiushi finally understands Ruan Nanzhu's sinister intentions that made him pretend to be a dumb girl. If he wasn't dumb, he could refute Ruan Nanzhu's sudden desire to perform, but now he is a mute who can't speak. , When he finished typing on the phone, the Ruan Nanzhu drama was finished.

Lin Qiushi finished drinking the milk in front of him, and secretly sighed in his heart that people's hearts are really sinister...

The eyes of others looking at Ruan Nanzhu and Lin Qiushi were even more ambiguous, and it was estimated that they regarded them as a couple.

Lin Qiushi is really dumb eating Huanglian now, and he can't tell if he is suffering, so he can only stare at Ruan Nanzhu a few times.

Ruan Nanzhu said shamelessly: "Stop staring, stare harder."

Lin Qiushi: "????" God is fucking hard.

After finally finishing the breakfast, Lin Qiushi quickly pulled Ruan Nanzhu out of the restaurant. They planned to visit the homes of the missing children for a few days yesterday.

The population in this town is very small. It is said that there are only eight or nine children in the town. At this time, three are lost at once, which is naturally a major event.

Ruan Nanzhu and Lin Qiushi soon arrived at the first place where the child was lost, and with them, there were several old people in the team.

When the family saw them, their attitude was very indifferent, almost asking a question and answering a question, and did not actively provide any information from beginning to end.

Fortunately, if you are willing to answer, it's alright. Ruan Nanzhu asked a few key questions - when did the child disappear, where did he disappear, who was the last person he saw before disappearing, and whether there were any warnings before disappearing.

"His temper is always weird." As a parent, the disappearance of the child should be very sad, but the family's attitude is very strange, as if they don't want to say more, "I don't come back all day long. Home, he disappeared at dusk six days ago. After he went out, he never came back. Before he disappeared, he met his sister once. As for the omens, will he still disappear if there are omens?"

Everyone wrote down these clues one by one, and the sister who happened to be missing the child was also beside her, so Ruan Nanzhu found his sister and asked.

Probably because he looks really beautiful, and it is easy to win the favor of young girls, so that sister's attitude towards them is not bad.

She should be seventeen or eighteen years old, and her appearance is not too outstanding. She has some freckles on her cheeks, but the beautiful blonde hair behind her is very conspicuous. She said: "Before my brother Lauren disappeared, he said that someone was following him. , but the town is so big and there are no outsiders, who would follow a child? We didn't take his words to heart at the time..." She seemed a little guilty, and her eyes became wet.

"Do you mind if we take a look at his room?" Ruan Nanzhu asked.

"Let's go, we'll take you there," my sister said.

The missing child is named Lauren. The room is the attic on the top floor. It is very small and messy. There is a small bed in the small room, as well as various books and some messy things.

Because the attic is really too narrow, we can't go in together, we can only go in for inspection in batches.

Lin Qiushi, Ruan Nanzhu and another girl were the first to come in.

Ruan Nanzhu went straight to the bookcase, while Lin Qiushi began to check Lauren's bed.

Soon, Lin Qiushi found out that he saw a notebook with a lock under Lauren's pillow. He responded quickly, and in a flash he picked up the notebook and stuffed it into his clothes, pretending to be nothing. At this time, Lin Qiushi felt that women's clothing was a bit good. After all, boys wore very simple clothes, and it was not easy to hide something.

Ruan Nanzhu found a lot of notes made by Lauren on the bookcase. Lauren had been checking the content of local urban legends before disappearing. These urban legends are very rich, including the slender ghosts mentioned in the clues.

"It seems that he has a premonition." Ruan Nanzhu analyzed, "The death in the door this time has an omen."

Lin Qiushi nodded, indicating that he knew, and then pointed to the door.

Ruan Nanzhu glanced at him and understood what he meant: "Let's go, let's go out."

The two walked outside the house on the pretext of breathing fresh air and found an unoccupied corner. Lin Qiushi took out Lauren's diary from his clothes.

Ruan Nanzhu looked at him and smiled: "It's very skilled."

Lin Qiushi was suffocated to death: "Don't make trouble, take a look at what's inside."

Ruan Nanzhu nodded. He easily opened the lock on the notebook and saw the contents of the notebook.

The content in front of the notebook is all about the daily life of a small child, complaining about parents, complaining about school, etc., and school?

Lin Qiushi said, "There are schools in this town?"

Ruan Nanzhu: "Yes, but not here, it should be in the next town."

Lin Qiushi: "Oh...I didn't hear that from the mayor."

Ruan Nanzhu said: "It turns out that he is not biological, and it is no wonder that the parents have such an attitude."

Lauren was not born by his father, but his mother brought him to remarry, while his stepfather has always disliked him, often making trouble with him, and even beating him. After he disappeared, he also acted casually, as if he didn't care about the disappearance of the child at all.

"Where's Lauren's mother?" Lin Qiushi was a little strange.

"I didn't mention it much." Ruan Nanzhu said, "...this is very strange."

It was strange indeed that they did not see the mistress when they entered the house, and no one mentioned that there was ever a mistress in the house.

Continuing to scroll down, Lin Qiushi saw clues about the disappearance.

In the notebook, Lauren kept complaining that someone seemed to be following him, following him on his way to and from school, but couldn't find that person.

At first, the tone of Lauren's complaint was just anger and boredom, but soon, this anger and boredom turned into fear, and Lauren seemed to find something...

"It reappeared outside my window and I hid under the bed hoping it wouldn't find me."

"I hid in the closet this time, but fortunately I didn't hide under the bed. I saw it bent down and stretched out its hands under the bed to remove it, as if it was looking for me."

"No one believed me, they thought I was crazy, that thing almost squeezed in through the gap in the window, I don't know what it was."

"I know its name, but time is running out, it's too late..."

"It's all over."

These contents are Lauren's recent diary. A few days ago, he wrote down the last five words in his diary: everything is over.

This was the last diary entry, after which Lauren disappeared and the diary stopped.

"It seems that that thing took away the child." Lin Qiushi finished reading the diary, "Slender ghost..."

Ruan Nanzhu: "Where will he take him..."

Lin Qiushi and Ruan Nanzhu looked at each other and laughed awkwardly: "I won't take them to the cannery."

This town seems to be such a special place.

Ruan Nanzhu: "So do you eat canned fish in the morning?"

Lin Qiushi hurriedly shook his head, the canned fish didn't look that good, and he had a bland breakfast, so he was not interested.

But although he didn't eat it, the others did eat a lot, especially Wang Tianxin who seemed to have a soft spot for fish.

Lin Qiushi: "I can't think about it, it's disgusting."

Ruan Nanzhu: "Where do you want to go next?"

Lin Qiushi: "Isn't there a few missing children, go see them, it would be nice if they have something in common."

Ruan Nanzhu nodded and agreed with Lin Qiushi's proposal.

So the two walked towards the home of the remaining two missing children, discussing some details about the town along the way.

Of course, in order to maintain the character of a dumb girl, Lin Qiushi did not dare to say too much, and used the voice function of the mobile phone to communicate with Ruan Nanzhu almost all the time.

Ruan Nanzhu looked at him typing with his head down, and said with a smile: "Qiuqiu, you are so cute."

Lin Qiushi: Where is cute?

Ruan Nanzhu: "Everywhere is cute, I want to take you back and lock you up, just show me alone."

Lin Qiushi: "..." Ruan Nanzhu, do you know that you look like a pervert?

Ruan Nanzhu: "Haha, I'm joking."

Lin Qiushi: "..." Seriously, every time Ruan Nanzhu said this, he felt that Ruan Nanzhu was serious.

The author has something to say:

Explanation: No accident, every day is updated at ten o'clock in the morning, and other times are correcting typos, don't say I'm not on time, I'm just an innocent fat dog.

There seems to be a very contradictory bug in chapter 27. Ruan Nanzhu said that it was his own note, and now it has been revised. Everything is subject to the following settings. Thank you for helping me to clarify

Some readers asked why it was the sixth door. Let me help you straighten it out. The following is the order in which Lin Qiushi entered the door.

The first fan: Meet Ruan Nanzhu.

The second door: Phil Xia Bird, the second door of Lin Qiushi, enter with Ruan Nanzhu.

The third fan: A sister drum, Cheng Qianli's fifth fan, so jumped directly from the second fan to the fifth fan.

The fourth door: the girl in the rain, belongs to the door of Tan Zaozao who is picking up the job, because the door is lower than the fifth level, it is not counted in the entry count.

The fifth door: Zuozi, Xia Rubei's door, because the door is lower than the fifth-level door, it will not be counted in the entry count.

The sixth door: Slender ghost, Lin Qiushi's own door, which is his sixth door.

Regarding obtaining the note, for example: A did not rub the door, so if he entered the fifth door, then he took the clue of the sixth door.

If A rubs the door, then what he takes is the clue to the next door of the person being rubbed. That is to say, if A comes out from the fifth door, but keeps rubbing against other people's fifth door to get the note, then he can get a lot of clues about the six doors, and the doors are matched according to the clues, that is, Said he could pick a clue by himself to get in the door.

That's why Lin Qiushi didn't know what happened to his sixth door note, because the clue to his sixth door was obtained by Ruan Nanzhu after rubbing against other people's doors, not by himself.

Lighting a cigarette, don’t know if everyone understands (the expression is vicissitudes)