Chapter 41 3. Zhu Neng's counterattack

After returning, Bai Jingjing lay on the bed, talking nonsense nonstop. She seemed terrified. Zhu Neng sat on the side, smoking with his head down.After a while, he raised his head to look at Bai Jingjing, her face was distorted and looked very painful.Zhu Neng frowned. After waking up from the sudden panic of murder, he began to feel that something was wrong—— First, he just kicked the guy in the red raincoat, how did he die?Zhu Neng remembered that he didn't use too much force at the time... Could it be that the man's head was made of tofu? Secondly, he had already promised to hand over the relic of Xuanzang's parietal bone to them, so why did they send someone to look for him?What are they worried about?

Finally, he suspects that the man in the red raincoat is not dead.He even suspected that that person was Bai Jingjing's accomplice, and they played a play together, forcing him to find Xuanzang's parietal bone relic as soon as possible. They only gave Zhu Neng a month. One month... In order to deceive Zhu Neng, they have carefully prepared for several years, why can't they wait even one month now?Zhu Neng felt that something must have happened that he didn't know about, and it was urgent, so they came to him without hesitation, and forced him to find Xuanzang's parietal bone relic as soon as possible...

What the hell happened? After a while, Zhu Neng suddenly wanted to verify his conjecture—the man in the red raincoat was not dead, he was still alive. There are two ways to figure this out—first, call the police and ask the police to investigate the matter; second, go to the river in person to see if the man is lying in the pit.After thinking about it, Zhu Neng chose the second method. He doesn't want to call the police just yet. Before, he also thought about asking the police for help, but now he is a little undecided.He felt that there were more and more of them, and things were getting weirder and weirder. If the police couldn't catch them all, or couldn't catch them all in time, then he would be in trouble.

Also, they only want the relic of Xuanzang's parietal bone, as long as he can find it and give it to them within a month, he will be fine.If you call the police rashly, maybe they will kill him... What's more, he doesn't even know who they are.Is it Xu Lan?Or Bai Jingjing?Or, there is someone else hiding behind it.Zhu Neng felt that before looking for the relic of Xuanzang's parietal bone, he had to find out whether the person in the red raincoat was dead or alive.Otherwise, he will have nightmares all his life. There is still a month to go.Perhaps, during this month, he can find their flaws and find them all.And, for the month, he was safe.In order to obtain the relic of Xuanzang's parietal bone, they would certainly not harm him.This is very beneficial to him.

Thinking of this, he stood up and said to Bai Jingjing who was lying on the bed: "It seems that the key of my house... has been dropped by the river, I have to look for it." Bai Jingjing groaned, struggled to sit up, and said, "Do you want me to accompany you?" "No need, just rest." Zhu Neng said expressionlessly. She said nothing more, and lay down again. It's 3:30 in the morning and it will be dawn in two or three hours.It was getting darker outside, the wind was getting stronger, and it was cold.Zhu Neng walked out of the yard with the shovel on his shoulder.After a lot of effort, he found the pit.Bai Jingjing had already filled up the hole, and she also covered some weeds on it.

Zhu Neng squatted down, pricked up his ears and listened carefully.Something furry jumped out of the weeds and bumped into his forehead.He was startled, and when he looked up, the thing flew away in a circle. The river is full of strange atmosphere. There seems to be a slight arching sound in the pit, maybe the person in the red raincoat is still struggling in the soil... Taking a deep breath, Zhu Neng was about to dig a hole. Suddenly, a thin hand slowly stretched out from the soil, holding a mobile phone in that hand, with a faint green light, like a scene in a horror movie. Zhu Neng sat down on the ground.

The hand was getting closer and closer to his face, and he saw a line of words on the screen of the phone - the hole you dug is too small. Zhu Neng suppressed the fear in his heart and remained motionless, his eyes fixed on this hand.Ten seconds later, the phone's light went out, and the surroundings were pitch black and silent.It wasn't completely silent, but when he listened carefully, he heard another person's heavy breathing. The voice seemed to be right next to him. Zhu Neng took out his phone and pressed it.With the light of his mobile phone, he saw a finger-thick straw protruding from the pit, and the breathing sound came from the straw.

At this moment, Zhu Neng understood everything.He poked the floating soil with his fingers, and felt soft under the floating soil, like a human body. He suddenly wanted to laugh—the horror comes from the unknown, and when you know the reason, the horror becomes a farce. The panting sound from the straw became more and more urgent, and he seemed unable to hold it back. Zhu Neng grabbed a handful of soil and sprinkled it into the straw without hesitation. A second later, the man in the red raincoat broke through the ground, and he ran away without even looking at Zhu Neng.After running a few steps, he fell down, got up quickly, and continued to run with a limp.

Zhu Neng smiled.After laughing, he was a little more worried.He didn't understand why they made such a farce full of loopholes, what kind of amazing changes had taken place? One thing's for sure, the change caught them off guard. The next day, Zhu Neng and Bai Jingjing went home. As if nothing had happened, Zhu Neng didn't say a word about what happened by the river.He didn't say anything, and Bai Jingjing didn't ask, as if nothing happened. From now on, they are tacit to each other. After returning home, she tidied up the room first, then got into the kitchen, and quickly cooked a table of meals.

"It's time to eat." She greeted Zhu Neng softly. Zhu Neng glanced at the food on the table, it was all his favorite.His heart tightened—they knew everything about him.Perhaps, they even knew what he said in his sleep at night... The conspiracy in front of them was profound and terrifying, why did there appear loopholes in the back?Zhu Neng didn't know whether he had become more courageous, or they had become stupid. While eating, Zhu Neng said suddenly: "After eating, I'll go find that teapot." After speaking, he stared at Bai Jingjing to observe her expression.

"How to find it?" Bai Jingjing's eyes turned bright. Zhu Neng said lightly: "Turn through every place in the house, maybe you can find it." Pausing for a while, Bai Jingjing said slowly: "Didn't you say that a strange person came to the house more than ten years ago, and then the teapot disappeared?" Zhu Neng looked at her and said abruptly, "Did you all know that my grandfather hid things in the teapot?" Bai Jingjing avoided his gaze and whispered: "No, my grandma never said anything about it. From the very beginning, she didn't agree with us lying to you. I asked her many times about Xuanzang's parietal bone relic, and she didn't know anything. Didn't say..." "Let's eat." Zhu Neng interrupted her. Bai Jingjing fell silent. After eating, Zhu Neng started to act.In the next two days, apart from eating and sleeping, he has been organizing things at home.A few days ago, the zoo sold the house and all the things in the house to a young man. He was scared away by Zhu Neng less than a day after he moved in, so most of the things in the house are still there. After working hard for two days, Zhu Neng found a total of six teapots at home, but none of them were what he was looking for.Bai Jingjing seemed to have thought of this a long time ago, she stood by and watched calmly, without saying a word. Zhu Neng made a very anxious look. In the evening, he bought a bottle of wine and drank it alone.The room is in a mess, and Bai Jingjing is tidying it up.After a while, she stopped, staring straight at the couch. This is an old-fashioned wooden recliner, clumsy and unsophisticated, left by Zhu Yiming.During his lifetime, he lay on it almost all day.Because of long-term touching, some parts of the recliner have become much darker, as if they have been painted with oil. After a long time, Bai Jingjing finally said, "Come and take a look." Zhu Neng came over: "What's wrong?" "Look at this recliner." "Look at what?" "Here...the place to put your feet." Bai Jingjing walked forward and pointed to the recliner and said, "The color of the wood in this place is different from other places, it seems that it was replaced later." Hearing what she said, Zhu Neng also noticed it. He squatted down and tapped the pedal with his finger, it was hollow.He seemed to realize something, quickly found a screwdriver, and pried off the pedal. There are several letters in it. Most of the envelopes have turned yellow, and they look like letters from many years ago.Zhu Neng looked at the postmark. The earliest letter was sent in 1993, and the latest letter was sent in 2002.Zhu Neng thought about it, and it seemed that in 1993, a very strange person came to the house to look for his grandfather Zhu Yiming. The letter is from him? Zhu Neng carefully read the letters in the order they came. These letters were all written by that person to Zhu Neng's father, and the content was unremarkable, mostly commonplace.However, there are several references to teapots in the letter.In the last letter, the other party said that the matter had been settled, and Zhu Neng's father was asked to go there, and he had important things to hand over to him. The last letter was sent in 2002. Not long after receiving the letter, Zhu Neng's parents died in a car accident.Zhu Neng was stunned. Could it be that the car accident happened when the parents were looking for that person?The important thing the other party wants to give to his parents is Xuanzang's parietal bone relic? He raised his head and stared blankly at Bai Jingjing. Bai Jingjing seemed to have thought of this too, she said calmly: "I think you should go to him." "Where can I find it?" Zhu Neng hasn't recovered yet. "There is the other party's address on the envelope." Zhu Neng looked at the address on the envelope, it was far away from his home, more than a thousand miles away.After thinking about it, he said, "I'm going to prepare, let's talk about it in two days." "Prepare for what?" Bai Jingjing asked. Zhu Neng's face and tone became cold all of a sudden: "I'm afraid of a car accident on the road, so I should prepare for my funeral first." Bai Jingjing's complexion changed for a moment, revealing a trace of embarrassment that was not obvious. After pondering for a moment, she said: "The matter about your parents...maybe it was just an accident." "Maybe I will have an accident too." Zhu Neng said expressionlessly. Sighing lightly, Bai Jingjing said lightly: "That's fine, I have to prepare." After speaking, she walked into the bedroom and never came out again.There were some slight and strange noises in the bedroom, and it was not known what she was doing there. After sitting there for a while, Zhu Neng felt so bored that he walked out of the house and walked around the street. It's not too late, there are many people on the street, and their expressions are all happy. Unknowingly, Zhu Neng walked into the depths of an alley.The street lights here are not too bright, it is dim, and laughter can be heard from someone's TV. With a wry smile, he planned to go back. As soon as he turned around, Zhu Neng saw a black figure standing not far away.At first, he thought it was a strange passer-by, and squinted his eyes for a long time. The black figure stood there upright, motionless, as if waiting for him. He knew something weird was happening again.Slowly, Zhu Neng walked up. They came face to face.