Chapter 26 2. Someone under the bed

The matter of Zhu Neng and Xu Lan caused a great commotion in the resort. All the people didn't understand why Zhu Neng liked Xu Lan. They looked at Zhu Neng strangely, at this cheerful person wearing a green hat. Zhu Neng didn't care, he was immersed in happiness, and his voice was much louder. On this day, Sha Jing invited Zhu Neng to the bar for a drink. The bar was very dark, with oddly shaped lamps hung in several corners, and the fire that came out was like a will-o'-the-wisp.On the red brick wall, there is a weird pattern smeared, rough, clumsy, and weird, and the meaning cannot be understood.

Sitting down, Sha Jing ordered a few bottles of beer. "how are things?" "Very good." Zhu Neng looked around, "What do you want from me?" Sha Jing picked up the wine bottle and said, "Congratulations." Zhu Neng was startled: "Congratulations to me?" "Everyone knows about your situation. It's a little crowded for two people to live in a single dormitory. The leaders of the resort held a meeting to study it and decided to allocate a house to you. Is this a happy event?" "Give me a house?" Zhu Neng couldn't believe his ears.

Sha Jing smiled and said: "It's not for you, you live first. Of course, you can live as long as you want, and no one will chase you away." Zhu Neng suddenly became excited. "I heard that Xu Lan has a daughter?" "It's also my daughter. Xu Lan didn't have time before, so she was fostered in a fellow villager's house. In the past two days, I was looking for a nanny, but the house is too small..." There was a gleam in Sha Jing's eyes, and he said, "The problem is solved now. By the way, do you want me to find a nanny for you? The resort will pay for it."

Zhu Neng looked around, lowered his voice and said, "I have an idea..." "what idea?" "I would like to ask Lao Yuan's grandma to help us look after the children." Sha Jing was speechless, and after a while, he said hesitantly: "Isn't this appropriate? I think it's a little unsafe for you to take her home..." Zhu Neng said lightly: "Is it because of the matter between her and my grandfather?" Sha Jing nodded. Zhu Neng turned his head, looked straight ahead, and said with an erratic expression: "If this is the case, then I will take her into the family even more, and I will make up for the mistakes my grandfather made."

After being silent for a while, Sha Jing said, "This matter...have you discussed it with Xu Lan?" "not yet." Zhu Neng didn't tell Xu Lan about these things he encountered recently, he didn't want her to be afraid. "Why don't you discuss it with her first?" After a pause, Zhu Neng said, "Okay, I'll go back and discuss it with her." Sha Jing stood up, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "Don't worry about it, let's go and see the house first? If it feels right, I'll find some people to help you move." Zhu Neng stood up and followed Sha Jing to look at the house.

The wall is red, not too high, and the building inside can be seen. It is a small exotic building, very beautiful. It may be because no one has lived in it for a long time. There is a faint musty smell in the room, which is full of dust and cobwebs.The decoration is not bad, all kinds of furniture and electrical appliances are available, there are many potted flowers on the balcony, which grow extremely lush, and a few rattan plants spread from the balcony to the bedroom. Zhu Neng is very satisfied. In the afternoon, he returned to Xu Lan's single dormitory and told her about it.Xu Lan was very happy, and immediately made plans to move.

They didn't have much to move, and they packed it up quickly. Xu Lan stared at the bed, and suddenly said, "Shall we move this bed too?" "We have beds in our new house." Xu Lan glanced at him and said in a low voice, "This bed is the testimony of our reconciliation. I am reluctant to throw it away." Zhu Neng's heart moved, and he nodded silently. The plank bed was very light, and the two of them lifted it up without much effort, and they moved out little by little.When he was about to walk out of the door, Zhu Neng casually glanced at the place where the bed was originally placed.

This glance almost made him lose his mind—— Under the bed, there are traces of someone's life.Yes, this is not an illusion, there are real people living under their beds.A small quilt, a small pillow, and some food and water can fully meet a person's daily needs. Xu Lan saw it too, her face was pale, trembling like an autumn grass. Quilts, pillows, food, water, these ordinary things in daily life reveal an eerie aura. Putting down the bed, Zhu Neng walked over slowly, every step he took was heavy. On the quilt, he found some tawny hairs. He understood that the person living under their bed was Sun Kong.

There was a chill in Zhu Neng's heart - last night, he and Xu Lan were still in bed, and they made a lot of noise.And under the bed, Sun Kong lay there quietly, listening to all this carefully... "How is this going?" Zhu Neng could hear her voice trembling obviously, hesitated for a moment, and he told her this series of weird things. He originally wanted to hide it from her, but now it seems that he can't hide it. Xu Lan was terrified after hearing this, she pulled Zhu Neng and said, "Let's go, get out of this damn place." "where to?" "Go home, go back to our original home."

Zhu Neng smiled wryly, and said, "They will still look for me..." "Then what to do?" "Move first, leave this place, and take one step at a time." Before dark, they had finished cleaning their new home, giving it a new look.Zhu Neng carefully checked under each bed and found nothing abnormal. Xu Lan was cooking in the kitchen. She made Zhu Neng's favorite tamales, and the aroma was overflowing.The TV was on, and a few well-maintained old women were crying, fighting and making noise, which was boring. Zhu Neng sat on the sofa, smoking a cigarette, thinking about things.

During the meal, neither of them spoke, as if they were avoiding something, and the atmosphere was a bit dull. This meal took over an hour. After dinner, Xu Lan went to the kitchen, and Zhu Neng wandered around the house.He found a problem: the house was too big, with too many rooms, and it was not safe. If Sun Kong comes in, he has many places to hide - kitchen, bathroom, bedrooms big and small, closets, behind curtains...and of course, under the bed. Zhu Neng trembled.He thought it would be nice if more people lived in it. He decided to talk to Xu Lan. At ten o'clock in the evening, the two of them went to bed, Xu Lan curled up in his arms, her body trembling slightly. "There is something... I want to discuss it with you." Xu Lan raised her head and looked at him. After hesitating for a while, Zhu Neng said: "I think, take Lao Yuan's grandma to live at home..." Xu Lan shivered. "She can take care of the baby for you." "No! This won't work!" Xu Lan said tremblingly, "She will kill our daughter!" Zhu Neng sighed, and said, "If she wanted to harm our daughter, she would have done it long ago. If you think about it, Sun Kong could sleep under our bed..." Xu Lan stopped talking and looked at him helplessly. Zhu Neng said: "We brought her here and took good care of her, which can make up for some of the mistakes made by grandpa, and maybe resolve the resentment in her heart." After a long time, Xu Lan murmured, "Tell me, what is the grudge between Grandpa and her?" "I don't know...Maybe Grandpa abandoned her." Xu Lan shook her head and said: "It shouldn't be like this. Grandpa has been away from this place for almost half a century. Why are they looking for you now? Besides, if Lao Yuan wants to vent his anger on his grandma, he should go directly to grandpa. He Why wait until grandpa passed away to find you? There may be something else hidden about this matter." Zhu Neng didn't say a word for a long time, was silent for a while, and finally said: "Sleep, don't think about it." An extremely complicated expression flashed in Xu Lan's eyes. She looked at Zhu Neng, and finally fell asleep without saying anything.Zhu Neng turned off the light and lay on the bed, unable to fall asleep. There was a question he couldn't figure out—— What the hell are they going to do? They have spent so much effort to come up with so many weird things, this must be a deep conspiracy, and there is an extremely terrifying answer. He lay in the dark, his heart was cold. After a while, Zhu Neng suddenly heard another voice amidst his and Xu Lan's breathing, which seemed to come from the door. The sound is very slight.It seems that someone didn't lift their feet when they walked, and the soles of their shoes rubbed against the ground, or they accidentally tripped over something... Zhu Neng got off the bed softly, walked to the door on tiptoe, looked out through the peephole, it was dark outside. He breathed a sigh of relief.There is a sound sensor light above the door, if there are people outside, the light should be on.It's dark outside now, which means that there is no one outside. However, Zhu Neng still felt that something was wrong, because occasionally a light flashed in the cat's eyes. How is this going? Zhu Neng thought about it, and almost fainted from fright—there was a person lying on the cat's eye outside! At this time, he smelled a smell, the smell of rice cakes. He suspected that the person standing outside the door was the rice cake seller. He didn't know why the rice cake seller was lying on the cat's eye in his house in the middle of the night.If he hadn't made any noise just now, Zhu Neng might never have discovered this secret... Zhu Neng stood inside the door, not daring to move, not even to breathe. The rice cake seller didn't seem to move either, because Zhu Neng didn't hear his footsteps. The distance between them is only the thickness of a door. If Zhu Neng opened the door suddenly, he might be able to see him. But he dare not. He was afraid that the rice cake seller was holding the long knife in his hand, and he was also afraid that there were people behind the rice cake seller, their eyes were full of hostility... Finally, he tiptoed to the bedroom and got into bed. Xu Lan, who has been sleeping poorly and can be woken up by the slightest sound, slept extremely well tonight. The weather forecast said that tomorrow will be sunny, which is a beautiful prophecy. Zhu Neng lay on the bed, waiting for the sun to come out.