Chapter 30 1. Xu Lan's secret

At night, there was no moon, and a strong wind blew. With the light on, Zhu Neng lay on the bed, looking at the shadow of the desk lamp on the wall, he thought it looked like a hunchbacked old man. His face was very pale, like a dead man. No one in a red raincoat suddenly appeared outside the door, no old voice murmured something strange in his ear, and there was no one under the bed... But he became more and more afraid. Zhu Neng got another photo of Lao Yuan and put it on the bedside table.In the photo, Lao Yuan's face is very pale, without blood, and he looks very similar to Zhu Neng.

Now, in Zhu Neng's home, Lao Yuan is playing him seriously. He has the keys to his house, he sleeps on his bed, uses his computer, watches his TV, and even deals with people who know Zhu Neng... More and more people have seen him, and he is getting clearer and clearer. Maybe he will replace Zhu Neng in a short time. Zhu Neng's heart was shrouded in haze. He knew what Lao Yuan was doing in his house—looking for Xuanzang's parietal bone relic.He hoped that Lao Yuan could find it, so that his life of terror would be over. Zhu Neng now hopes that before he leaves the resort, Lao Yuan can find what he wants, and then leave his house, so that he and Xu Lan can live in peace and stability.

Several times, he made a phone call at home, and it was Lao Yuan who answered the phone. After hesitating for a long time, Zhu Neng still didn't speak. He wanted to tell Lao Yuan—— If my grandfather really took your Xuanzang parietal bone relic, as long as you tell me, I will find it and return it to you, there is no need to make it so complicated. Actually, I don't blame you.Without you, I would not be able to find Xu Lan. Be careful when looking for things, don't mess up my house... In the end, Zhu Neng didn't say anything, he was afraid of causing Lao Yuan's misunderstanding and making something else happen.

Perhaps his body had developed a resistance to the Valium pills. After taking two pills, he still couldn't sleep.The darkness outside the window thickened little by little, and the lights in the room became more and more dazzling. Xu Lan and her daughter went out and haven't come back yet. In the huge house, there were only Zhu Neng and Grandma Yuan Yuan. The faucet in the bathroom was not tightened, and water was dripping: "Tick tock... tick tock... tick tock... tick tock... tick tock..." Suddenly, he was startled by a sound. Zhu Neng pricked up his ears to listen, but the wind was blowing, so he couldn't hear clearly.

It sounded like a cat meowing. It is not terrible if a cat suddenly makes a sound at night; it is terrible if someone is imitating the sound of a cat. Zhu Neng felt more and more that the sound was wrong—in fact, it was the cry of a child, but it sounded like a cat meowing.He trembled and couldn't stop. Whose child is crying outside in the middle of the night? Could it be a daughter? Zhu Neng sat up suddenly, put on his clothes, and walked outside. The living room was very big and dark, and the water dispenser stood in the corner, looking at him coldly.Zhu Neng felt that it was like a person, its eyes were full of hostility, and he wondered why he felt this way.

The voice became clearer and clearer, or Zhu Neng was getting closer to it.Opening the door and walking through the courtyard, Zhu Neng stood in front of the courtyard, the crying became more and more real, Zhu Neng concluded that he was right outside the door! Taking a deep breath, he opened the courtyard door. The daughter was standing in front of the door crying, and Xu Lan was standing beside her with a strange expression. Zhu Neng picked up his daughter, turned to Xu Lan and asked, "Why don't you open the door?" "I lost the key." After speaking, Xu Lan walked past him slowly and entered the room.Their house was dark and silent, like a tomb.

Dazed for a moment, Zhu Neng hugged his daughter and followed inside.As he walked through the living room, he glanced around the corner and almost fainted—the drinking fountain was missing. He ran to the light switch in a few steps and turned on the light. The corner was empty, and the water dispenser was really gone... Zhu Neng understood that just now, there was indeed someone standing in the corner.Who is he?Certainly not Sun Kong, Sun Kong is not so tall.It can't be Lao Yuan, Lao Yuan is thousands of miles away. Things get more complicated. He walked to the bedroom in a panic and asked Xu Lan, "When you came in just now, did you see the water dispenser in the corner?"

"I put the water dispenser in Grandma Yuan's room." "When did you lose your keys?" Xu Lan glanced at him and said, "I don't know." Zhu Neng suspected that the person standing in the living room just now was the one who picked up the key.Who is this guy?Zhu Neng's eyes began to focus on the rice cake seller... He wandered around Zhu Neng's house all day, not knowing what to do.He has a long knife, which he uses to cut rice cakes when someone buys them.When the moon is dark and the wind is high, will this knife become a murder weapon? Zhu Neng felt that his family was in danger.

That night, he had a dream. He dreamed that someone was looking in through a window of his house. His feet were hanging in the air, like the hanged man, dangling non-stop. On weekends, my daughter clamored to go to the playground to ride the Ferris wheel, and Zhu Neng agreed. Xu Lan has been feeling unwell for the past few days. She has been lying in bed all day and has seen doctors several times, but nothing is wrong. Zhu Neng is very worried. The sunshine outside was surprisingly good, and Zhu Neng's mood improved a lot. The daughter struggled out of his arms, bouncing around to pick up the fallen leaves on the ground.A puppy came running out of nowhere, wagging its head and tail after the daughter, and the daughter was very happy.

Zhu Neng also became happy. Yesterday, he called home a few times, but no one answered. He thought that Lao Yuan must have left his home.This is good news, Zhu Neng whistled. Come to think of it, home is the loveliest place.Zhu Neng decided to take Xu Lan and his daughter home after the matter here was dealt with, and go back to live the happy life he wanted. Not long after going out, Zhu Neng saw the rice cake seller again. There was a lot of dirt on his clothes, and his face was dirty, as if he hadn't washed it for a few days.He didn't ride a motorcycle or sell rice cakes, he just stood there straight with no gap between his legs.

what is he doing At this moment, Zhu Neng suspected that he was mentally ill. Zhu Neng looked at him for a long time, he has been standing like that, standing upright like a water dispenser. There are many people in the amusement park, Yuan Hui and Hou Bing are also there, and they are directing a monkey to perform bicycle riding for tourists.The daughter was very interested in monkeys, so she ran up to Yuan Hui and asked about this and that. Yuan Hui ran over and called out, "Mr. Zhu." Zhu Neng nodded and said, "Is the monkey obedient?" "It's pretty good." Yuan Hui looked around, "Is the teacher's wife not here?" "She's not feeling well, rest at home." After thinking for a while, Zhu Neng said again: "You play with my daughter for a while, I'll go home and visit Xu Lan, and remind her to take her medicine." Yuan Hui smiled and nodded. Opening the courtyard door, Zhu Neng saw a yellowed photo on the ground at a glance. He picked it up and was stunned after looking at it - in the photo, Zhu Neng's grandfather Zhu Yiming stood in the middle, and a woman in ethnic costumes was leaning on him Beside him, standing in front of him was a child about ten years old. There is also a line of words on the back of the photo: On June 15, 1960, Zhu Yiming and his family visited Fuyun Mountain as a souvenir. There are two things Zhu Neng can be sure of—— This is a family portrait. The words on the photo are indeed in the handwriting of grandfather Zhu Yiming. However, Zhu Neng still has two questions in his mind—— Family portraits, that is, photos of the whole family.There were only three people on it, while the photo he saw at Lao Yuan's house showed four people, with one little boy missing. The woman in this photo is not the same person as the woman in the photo he saw at Lao Yuan's house. Two photos, one of which is fake. There are words written by grandpa on this photo, which should be real, that is to say, the photo he saw at Lao Yuan's house is fake.Thinking of this, his scalp exploded—— If the photo of Lao Yuan's family is fake, it means that Lao Yuan is not his brother, and Lao Yuan's grandma is not his grandma, she is a stranger! He ushered a stranger into his home! Thinking about it carefully, Zhu Neng felt that Grandma Yuan was very similar to the woman in the photo of Lao Yuan's family, but she was not at all like the woman in this photo. They were two people at all. His heart sank little by little—the danger was around him, and what was even more dangerous was that he left Xu Lan alone at home, beside a stranger with ulterior motives! He tiptoed toward the room. There was no one in the living room, no one in the bedroom, Xu Lan was gone! Zhu Neng sweated immediately. At this time, he vaguely heard old grandma Yuan's voice coming from the room.He walked over gently, put his ear on the door, and listened carefully. It was Grandma Yuan who was talking. Of course, Zhu Neng couldn't understand what she was saying.Then, Xu Lan's voice came from inside, and Zhu Neng couldn't understand what she said. Xu Lan and Grandma Yuan speak the same language!