Sit on the high-speed rail.

Li Mu first made a phone call to Anamiao.

Tell her that she can't go to the bubble tea shop to pick up the night shift these days.

If she is free in the evening, Ana can work for a while.

If you don't have time, you can close the door and leave at 6 p.m.

The bubble tea shop has been doing well recently, and I don't know if it's because of the rebound in the domestic economy or because of the influence of the mysterious mobile phone.

Of course, it is still a little short of the most basic normal overhead.

But it's still much better than before.

Hang up Ana's phone.

He gave Zhang Shuo another one.

Let Zhang Shuo help him ask for leave from his mentor.

The high-speed train at 6:00 p.m. arrives at 10:20 p.m. at the temporary stop in County D.

For this small county town called "Yilong", Li Mu is naturally very familiar.

My grandmother's house is just across the river from his.

As a native of "Yilong", the feeling of returning to my hometown is still very kind.

Out of the high-speed rail station.

There were a few people gathered around him.

People who go to the county town at night, if they want to go back to the countryside, can only take a black car or a wild motorcycle under the condition that there is no shuttle bus.

These people are specifically made to make this money.

Li Mu inquired about the price, and it was still within the affordable range.

But when he said his destination, he was told by the drivers of these black cars that it had rained heavily a few days ago, and the main road leading to their village had collapsed, not to mention cars, not even motorcycles, and it would not be repaired until tomorrow morning at the earliest.

It seems that he can only stay in the county seat for one night, and even if he has to walk back, he has to wait until dawn.

The temporary stop of the high-speed rail from K county.

The streets are lit up on both sides.

Li Mu walked towards West Street, because if he took the shuttle bus back to the village tomorrow morning, he would also have to take a ride from West Street.

Walking through the alleys, under the dim street lamps, there are some women with heavy makeup, few young women, and most of them are old aunts in their thirties and forties.

These women are soliciting customers, doing business that makes money with their bodies.

Although Li Mu has never discriminated against these women, he is really not a person who likes to mess around.

Walked for a while.

Seeing a small hotel in front of him that was brightly lit and looked quite new, he walked in.

The name of the small inn is "Xinglong" inn.

Li Mu walked into the hotel, the incandescent light in the hall was bright, but he didn't see the waiter.

There is a lodging registration book at the bar of the inn, and there is a beckoning cat next to it.

He poked his head to look inside the bar and saw a single bed underneath with a man asleep on it.

This person covered himself with a quilt from head to toe, it should be that the lights in the hall were too dazzling.

Knock knock!

Li Mu tapped the bar three times:

"Boss, boss......"

The man who was asleep under the quilt on the bed moved, but did not get up.

"Does the boss still have a room?" Li Mu tapped on the bar counter again and asked.

Wow!

The all-white quilt was lifted, and the one sleeping below was an old man about fifty years old, with messy hair, a fat face, wearing a string of Buddhist beads in his left hand, and a palm-sized gossip mirror in his right hand, looking at Li Mu with a very angry expression on his face:

"ID card. ”

After registering his ID card and paying fifty yuan, the old man handed him a room card with a 209 number.

Li Mu took the room card and walked up to the second floor.

The lights on the second floor are also bright.

Room 209 is at the end of the alleyway on the second floor.

Many people who live in hotels are taboo to live in the head and tail rooms.

People come and go frequently in places like hotels, and ghosts and demons are easy to concentrate.

It is rumored that the room at the head and tail is heavy and is the easiest place to attract dirty things to stay.

Tick Tick!

He took the room card, clicked on the sensor on the door of room 209, and opened the door.

Holding the doorknob with his right hand, he had just pushed the door open when a hand slapped him on his left shoulder from behind.

Turn your head and look.

It's the old man who just checked in for the accommodation.

"Young man, I forgot to tell you just now, don't come out until dawn when you enter the room, the security in our county is not good, and if someone knocks on the door at night, pretend not to hear, don't make a sound, let alone open the door, if you don't listen to me, if something happens, you will be responsible!" The old man handed Li Mu a kettle, and after speaking, he turned around and walked downstairs quickly.

Li Mu frowned.

Carrying a kettle, he walked into the room.

The second floor of this hotel is made of wooden planks, and your feet crunch when you step on it.

Walking into the room, the lights were much dimmed.

And, the most uncomfortable thing is that the carpet in the room is tattered, not to mention, it is still the black and white striped color, some of which look like a carpet used for funerals.

Small hotels have low incomes and are understandably reluctant to spend money on headlights, but carpets are really unlucky to use this color.

But in the middle of the night, the house has been moved in, and it can only be one night.

The whole hostel was quiet and it seemed that the guests in the other rooms were asleep.

Thinking of what the old man said just now, Li Mu felt that this hotel was unlucky, so he had to be careful.

I touched the axe behind my back, and my heart was a little more stable.

It seems that the location of this hotel is good, and the rooms are still very cool in such a hot weather.

The room for the accommodation was ok with a separate bathroom.

It's just that the bathroom is also covered with the kind of carpet that makes people panic.

The single bed of 1.8 meters is snow-white, and it looks very neat.

But there was always a pungent musty smell in the room.

Washed up briefly.

Li Mu lay on the bed and fell asleep after a while.

"Knock knock, knock knock......" A rhythmic knock sounded on the door, not particularly loud, but it just woke Li Mu up.

"Who?" Li Mu turned over in a daze, not even opening his eyes.

The knocking stopped.

There was no response outside the door.

He fell asleep again.

"Knock knock, knock knock......" The knock on the door sounded again, unhurried and rhythmic.

Wow!

This time, Li Mu sat up from the bed.

He was too sleepy just now, but when the knock on the door sounded for the second time, he thought of what the old man had said.

Don't respond to someone knocking on the door at night, and don't open the door.

"Knock knock, knock knock......" The knock on the door continued, not at all urgent, if it was in normal times, it would definitely not be suspicious to listen to.

I thought about it for a moment.

He decided to see what happened.

Otherwise, this knock on the door will break down all night.

Quietly walked to the door, holding the axe behind his back with his right hand, and gently pulling the cat's eye lid open with his left hand.

The eyes looked through the cat's eyes, but there was no one outside, only the miserable white light shining on the mottled walls, adding a bit of weirdness.