"Are you awake?"

An old man's voice rang in his ears, and McGovern slowly opened his eyes.

"This ...... Finally...... What the hell is going on?" McGovern said, bracing himself as he tried to get out of bed.

"Don't move, slow down!"

McGovern looked to the left, and a bad old man of about sixty years old was sitting beside him.

"You ......"

"My name is Kevin, and this is my home. ”

The old man named Kevin frowned and said to McGovern.

"What the hell is going on?" McGovern rubbed his temples in a bit of a daze.

Kevin frowned, "I found you in the village pantry this afternoon, you were hung up and unconscious...... At first I thought you were dead, but later it turned out that it wasn't like that. Later, I carried you to my house. Rest assured, this is my home and safe. ”

"Am I being hoisted?" McGovern asked in surprise. At the same time, he also found that he was covered in blood!

"What is this blood?"?

"I don't know, but it's probably animal blood, I've examined it, and you don't have any wounds on your body except for a lump on the back of your head. Kevin picked up the towel in his hand and wiped McGovern's dirty face, "I'll change your clothes later." ”

"Wait," McGovern stopped him, asking, "what do you say I'm hanging?"

Kevin also looked puzzled and replied, "That little cabin is an abandoned storage room in the village, and it has not been used for many years. It just so happened that a few days ago I put some extra firewood in that wooden house, and today I just went to get firewood, but as soon as I entered the house, I saw that you were hanging up, and there were blood stains on your body and on the ground. At first I was startled, I thought you were dead, but luckily I've seen people who actually hanged themselves - their heads sticking out, and the death was horrible. But I see that you look serene, I guess you have been mischievoked......"

"You mean, I feel like I've been hanged?" McGovern looked confused.

Kevin nodded and said, "yes." The rope around your waist hangs you from the beam, but someone deliberately wraps a rope around your neck, and at first glance, you can't see the rope around your waist at all, and you think the rope is hanging directly from your neck. ”

After a pause, Kevin then asked, "Who have you offended? It's too dangerous to make such a joke with you." ”

"How is that possible? Who the hell?" McGovern subconsciously touched the back of his head, only to touch the wound.

"Oops!" McGovern cried out in pain.

Kevin hurriedly said: "Look at it, I told you not to move, but you still haven't listened." ”

McGovern fell silent, his mind racing.

Rural Alaska residents are different from city dwellers, especially the indigenous people here, who are very simple by nature and will not stand idly by when they encounter someone in need.

It seems that it was really this old man Kevin who saved himself......

The sharp pain in the back of his head just reminded McGovern of the scene before he fell into a coma - when he was squatting on the ground to check the situation, he was suddenly attacked from behind!

Who the hell attacked him from behind?

And, to hang yourself up and sprinkle yourself with animal blood?

What is the reason for all this?

Is it Daniel, or is it Robert them?

Is it a prank? But if it's a prank, it's too much of a joke!

McGovern touched the back of his head again, and he had already decided in his heart that this was definitely not a prank - the kind of blow that had been done before, if it was really going to kill people, no one would come to make such a joke.

"You have a good rest here, I'll go to the village clinic to get some medicine and come back. Kevin said enthusiastically, "You've been unconscious before, and it's inconvenient for me to leave. ”

McGovern said gratefully, "Thank you, Mr. Kevin. ”

Looking at the snowflakes flying outside the window, McGovern said with some concern: "It's snowing heavily...... outside"

Kevin smiled and said, "It's okay, I'm used to it for a long time." ”

The life of Alaska natives is 365 days a year, and I am afraid that most of the days are snowy days, and they have long been accustomed to it.

With that, Kevin got up from the chair beside the bed and turned to leave.

After seeing Kevin leave, McGovern closed his eyes - he was a little tired, maybe it was because of the previous injury!

……

Cook Hill House.

It's time for dinner.

After Robert made dinner, he found that Rios had not yet gone downstairs, and said with some dissatisfaction: "This Rios, the god of God, always locks himself in his room when he invites us to a party......"

Daniel pursed his lips, looked at Kelly, and then at Lin Lei, got up and walked upstairs, and said as he walked, "Come on, I'll call him!"

Kelly had been worried about her husband Gibson, so she didn't speak, and her mind wasn't here at all.

At this moment, Lin Lei was holding a book in his hand, and he seemed to be reading a book - but the conversations and expressions of these people all fell into his eyes, maybe it was due to the habits of his profession!

Lin Lei had heard them chatting about Rios before, but Lin Lei was a stranger to these people, so it was inconvenient for Lin Lei to talk more, just silently listening to their chat.

Lin Lei has always wanted to see what the other person named Rios looks like and what he is doing, but he is not familiar with life, so it is better to say less.

Since Daniel has gone upstairs to call Rios, he must be in front of his eyes soon, right?

After just a minute, Daniel hurried down the stairs, shouting as he ran, "Oh no!

"What?——" Robert immediately put down the plate in his hand—he was fiddling with it and preparing dinner.

When Kelly heard that Rios was gone, she immediately became nervous, got up from the sofa with a sudden, and blurted out, "What's going on? What the hell happened? Where did Rios go?"

The atmosphere suddenly became a little tense, and no one knew when Rios left.

Lin Lei, who was "watching" on the side, narrowed his eyes slightly, and quickly glanced at the wall clock in the living room.

It was 16:10 when I came, and now it's 18:05 - this man, named Rios, left before 16:10.

Well, no, it was earlier than that—at least from the moment Cook Hill appeared in Lin Lei's sight, Lin Lei hadn't seen anyone come out of the villa.

In other words, Rios was not in the villa at least at 16 o'clock.

After a moment of silence, someone spoke.

"What the hell is going on today?" Daniel frowned and turned his gaze to Kelly, "Why don't you speculate where the hell did Rios go?"

"How would I know?" Kelly glared at Daniel.

"Forget it, they're all such big people anyway, are you afraid they're going to get lost?Looks like Leos left during our lunch break, maybe to find Gibson and McGovern?" Robert gave a corollary.

Daniel touched his belly, yawned, and said, "It's better to eat quickly and go to bed after eating - this party is so boring, play and disappear one by one, and I'll be home tomorrow when the snow stops!"

Lin Lei couldn't interject when you said a word to these people, after all, he was just a guest asking for a stay.

Soon everyone began to eat dinner, but no one spoke during the meal, and each seemed to have their own thoughts.

What a "stuffy meal"!

After dinner, Lin Lei volunteered to wash the dishes - when he first arrived, people took care of the food and kept it, and they didn't charge money, so he had to do something so that he wouldn't be particularly rude.

After cleaning up, Lin Lei walked into the living room again, but found that there was no one, and those people should have gone back to their rooms.

Lin Lei felt a little strange, but he couldn't say anything, so he had to go back to his room on the second floor.

Lin Lei walked into the room, turned on the light, and found that this was a small single room, which was equipped with furniture and electrical appliances, and there was a single bed against the wall on the north side of the room.

The room is heated and heated automatically, so Lin Lei doesn't feel cold.

Lin Lei looked at the time, it was only seven o'clock in the evening, but it was already dark.

After a day of snowy walking, Lin Lei was also very tired, out of professional habits, he locked the door, put the pistol under the pillow, and then went to bed.

After lying on the bed, Lin Lei became more and more tired, and he felt that he couldn't open his eyelids - he wanted to think about something, but the infinite sleepiness made him have to give up, so let's sleep in peace!

Unconsciously, Lin Lei fell asleep......