Chapter 45: Hiding from Death
Shen Mingyue's hesitation didn't last long, because Liu Xiaoquan didn't give her time to hesitate, and in the coffee provided to her before, Liu Xiaoquan had already given a trace amount of sleeping pills. This dose didn't do much harm to the body, but it was enough to make people sleep for a few hours, so after Shen Mingyue heard the prophecy, she felt dizzy, drowsy, and quickly fell asleep on the table.
All this is under Liu Xiaoquan's control, as a help-seeker, he made an appointment with Shen Mingyue, converted this old house into a temporary coffee shop and pretended to be an old grandfather to monitor, and revealed his true face after confirming that Shen Mingyue was really just going to the appointment alone, but he drugged her coffee to ensure that Shen Mingyue could not leave. His real purpose was actually to stay by his side and protect Yu Mingyue personally, as he had just said to Shen Mingyue, but instead of going with her, he would let her stay.
So, Shen Mingyue naturally fell on the road and was "kidnapped" by Liu Xiaoquan.
This coffee shop is the old house of Liu Xiaoquan's family, which is rarely known outside, and it is far away from the city, so it is relatively secret. The coffee shop turned out to be the main hall, and there was a courtyard and a home remedy behind it, and the place was enough for him to live here with Shen Mingyue for a while. In order to prevent Shen Mingyue from escaping or contacting the outside world, Liu Xiaoquan also made arrangements according to the plan.
First of all, Liu Xiaoquan took away Shen Mingyue's mobile phone, and for the sake of safety, he also took away all the bags she was carrying, and changed her coat for her, so that she was afraid that Shen Mingyue would carry some high-tech positioning devices or communication equipment, in short, to completely cut off Shen Mingyue's contact with the outside world.
Secondly, he placed Shen Mingyue in the side room at the back of the courtyard, the room was not big, there was only one window, Liu Xiaoquan had installed an anti-theft window before, and it could not be artificially broken without tools, as for the door of the room, it was also replaced with a professional anti-theft door, and it was locked with a key from the outside, and even if it was locked inside, it could not be opened.
Again, Liu Xiaoquan also took into account Shen Mingyue's daily eating, drinking, and Lazar, and left a small window at the upper end of the door, about two meters from the ground, and he needed to stand on a chair to get there, he planned to provide Shen Mingyue with the necessary food and water through this window that an adult would never pass through, and in addition, he had already bought a toilet in the room and arranged for the sewer to be opened. Anyway, everything he can think of, Liu Xiaoquan thinks that he has thought of it, Shen Mingyue just can't leave this room, life in it is still the same, he will not be willing to let Mingyue suffer too much, as long as the crisis passes, he will naturally let her go.
was given sleeping pills in the coffee, Shen Mingyue slept very deeply this night, sleeping directly from day to evening, Shen Mingyue finally woke up in a daze, she felt a dull pain in her head. Barely opening her eyes, she found herself in a rough room, with the doors and windows tightly closed. She got out of bed, her head was still dizzy, and she calmed down a little, Shen Mingyue walked to the door and tried to turn the doorknob, but the handle was turned open, but the door still didn't move. She bent down and squinted her eyes into the cylinder, and roughly saw that the lock had been locked from the outside, and it must be out of reach. So she gave up opening the door, just banging hard, but unfortunately no one answered after calling for a long time.
Shen Mingyue came to the window again, the window could be opened, but there was a layer of aluminum security windows outside, looking at the stable structure, Shen Mingyue knew the difficulty and retreated, so she no longer tried to leave. She rummaged through her pockets and tried to make a phone call, but her hand did not touch it, and she realized that the jacket she was wearing was not the original one, so there was no pocket where it should be.
The furnishings in the room are very simple, a bed, a small table, and a toilet, as far as the eye can see, everything in the house is in full view, and there is nothing to hide, so my mobile phone and wallet have disappeared. Only then did Shen Mingyue recall that she was chatting with Liu Xiaoquan just now, and she persuaded Xiaoquan to go to the Beiting branch, and then she couldn't remember it clearly, anyway, she was unconscious, and she woke up to this strange sealed room.
Shen Mingyue looked around the walls and roof of the room, and found that there was no sign of renovation, it was an old house, the situation here was similar to the coffee shop just now, except that things such as tables, chairs and benches may have been newly bought and exchanged, the house itself was very simple, it was definitely decades old. Shen Mingyue thought that it should be Liu Xiaoquan who did something to him, and then trapped himself near the coffee shop.
There is no way to go, plus the loss of contact with the outside world, which makes Shen Mingyue feel quite lost, she saw the small window left above the door, so she set up the table underneath, and then climbed up by herself, her head can drill through, she saw a small courtyard, and the main hall in front, there is no doubt that it is the pretending coffee shop, and she also saw Liu Xiaoquan coming out of there, the two saw each other, Shen Mingyue was in a hurry, and was ready to have a good chat with Liu Xiaoquan, she couldn't restrict her freedom like this, not to mention that this was an illegal thing!
Liu Xiaoquan knew that doing this would definitely make Shen Mingyue angry, so he took the initiative to go to the door to apologize, "I'm sorry, I understand, I know it's not good to do this, but I just want to protect you." As long as you stay in your room for a few days, when the danger passes, I promise to send you back, okay?"
Shen Mingyue didn't want to care about these at this time, and complaining would not help, but would attract Liu Xiaoquan's resentment, so she persuaded her kindly, "Xiaoquan, I don't blame you, I know that you are all kind and want to protect me, but you are too extreme to do this, you know that if this matter is known by others, it can be said that you have committed the crime of kidnapping, which is a felony." And if the Grim Reaper really wants to find it, it will definitely have other ways to harm us, even if it hides in here, it's useless, your method is stupid, let me out and let's figure out a way together, okay?"
Liu Xiaoquan shook his head, he could hear that even though Shen Mingyue was here to come out, what he said was indeed from the bottom of his heart, but he was still unmoved, "Mingyue, I have always liked you since college, and it has not changed until now." I knew I wasn't good enough, so I tried every day to catch up with you, but you left me anyway. Later, after graduating, you were doing well, and I didn't bother your life anymore, but now you are in danger again, and I have to stand up and lead by example, so don't persuade me. Because I love you, I am responsible for you!"
This time can be regarded as a real confession, Shen Mingyue understands that he is indeed sincere to himself, but he is not so moved, this kind of love is already paranoid, to the point now, unilateral liking has become a harmful shackle, Shen Mingyue is even more worried.
In order to persuade Shen Mingyue, Liu Xiaoquan further explained the situation of the prophecy, "Mingyue, now the order of death has reached the fifth car we are in, which means that one of the four of us will definitely die first, I already have a premonition that you are very likely to be in danger, so I can only grieve you to listen to me once." ”
In fact, Liu Xiaoquan's prophecy has become the reason for repeating it constantly, and he just stares at the order of death, and there is no more to say. Shen Mingyue listened to it in her ears, anxious in her heart, and at the moment, the situation was urgent, she was trapped in the house and couldn't move, let alone guarantee her own safety, she had to take action to stimulate Liu Xiaoquan, hoping that he could return to his normal way.
Therefore, Shen Mingyue decided to tell Liu Xiaoquan about the conclusion of the investigation of the ropeway accident on their return to Monkey Island.
Liu Xiaoquan listened in complete disbelief, and paused in the courtyard as if he had been struck by lightning.
"So, the fatal accident you predicted would not have happened, even if we had boarded the cable car. There was only one accident and no fatalities, so the preconditions for your prophecy don't exist. Also, the black man you saw was just a foreign doctor who had lived on Monkey Island for many years and came to study monkeys, and he wasn't a grim reaper!" Shen Mingyue simply told him everything she could say.
"No way, no, you're lying to me!"
Liu Xiaoquan couldn't listen to it anymore, he suddenly became irritable, and left the courtyard of the old house with a roar. Shen Mingyue had no choice but to return to the bedside, thinking carefully about what way to persuade Liu Xiaoquan to let him go, and by the way, he also gave a wisp of the case in combination with today's situation.
In the next few days, in addition to coming to deliver food, Liu Xiaoquan tried not to talk to Shen Mingyue, and his own mental state also changed. On the one hand, he became more and more persistent in believing that his premonition was not wrong, that the death prophecy was objective and that the fact was carried out according to this, on the other hand, he actually had some contradictions in his heart, especially after listening to Shen Mingyue's investigation report on Monkey Island, he had already questioned his prophecy. In persistence and abandonment, Liu Xiaoquan's condition is getting worse and worse, and he often wakes up in nightmares. Most of those dreams were the scenes of himself or Shen Mingyue falling from the Monkey Island Cableway, and Mingyue lying in front of him with blood, he really cared about Shen Mingyue, but such a situation, coupled with lack of sleep, Liu Xiaoquan, who was already under great pressure, had serious psychological problems.
For a situation like his, Shen Mingyue saw it in her eyes and was anxious in her heart, but she was already restricted from freedom, and there was no good way. She felt that if it continued like this, Liu Xiaoquan might be able to do something to hurt her or even herself when she was crazy, and she was also kind enough to remind her, so when Liu Xiaoquan brought the food, she shook out a huge secret about him.
This secret is that the Liu family has a genetic factor of split personality, Liu Changshou is fine, but Liu Xiaoquan is very likely to be inherited from one generation to the next.
And the Beiting Detective Agency's point of view is that if Liu Xiaoquan has this problem, then it is very likely that he is mentally abnormal, and he did not act from the original consciousness, and he may also become a murderer in a series of cases, and even planned to kill his own father Liu Changshou with his own hands!
Regarding the fact that the family has a split personality, Liu Xiaoquan has not heard of it at home all day, but he just looks at his father and sets a good example for himself, so he doesn't care very much. But now that Shen Mingyue actually said it, outsiders already knew about it, and he remembered that his sister Liu Xu'er also reminded him from time to time, plus all kinds of strange hallucinations that often appeared, he really began to wonder, did he really inherit the family curse and split personality? If so, did his father Liu Changshou really kill him?
Liu Xiaoquan was stunned by this judgment, he was very painful, knocked over all the food that was to be delivered in the yard, and then left the old house directly with a howl, leaving Shen Mingyue there alone, and he ran to a nearby supermarket by himself.
He absolutely did not believe and was unwilling to accept this cruel conclusion, the prophecy of death was something that he had always believed in for so many days, but it was questioned by everyone, and in the end he didn't even dare to believe it anymore. But why did he have this prophecy? And why did he swear to defend it for so long? At this time, although Liu Xiaoquan was almost broken, he was more sober than usual, and he knew that if the prophecy did not exist, and if everything he did was unbelievable, it could only be because he had really inherited the mental problem of split personality.
Liu Xiaoquan's confidence has been completely shaken at this moment, but he still has a glimmer of hope, with the attitude that everyone is drunk and sober, he wants to personally verify whether he is anxious or not, whether he has a tendency to split personality, and also judge whether the so-called murderer is really himself.
So he went to the supermarket, thought about buying something before entering, and then wrote it down in his phone and put it away. After he entered the supermarket, he first turned around, and then began to buy things, he knew very well that he had thought about it at the door of the supermarket, so he went to look for it, the first one was ham sausage, he quickly found it and put it in the shopping cart, and then the second one was eggs, and he went to the place where the eggs were sold, and then the third one was yogurt, and the fourth one was frozen dumplings. In order to prevent forgetting, he was ready to buy four pieces, which was easy to think about.
After getting these four things in hand and paying the money, Liu Xiaoquan felt that he was very normal, from entering the door to going out, when he wanted to do it, he didn't leave a single piece of it, ham sausages, eggs, yogurt, and quick-frozen dumplings, all according to the plan, how could he have a split personality?
He felt a little relieved in his heart, and his confidence seemed to return, and he easily pulled out his phone, trying to check what he had recorded before he came in. He turned on his phone, flipped to his notepad, and clicked on the contents. However, when he saw the words typed on it, Liu Xiaoquan's eyes widened wider than ever, because it was recorded in the mobile phone notepad: scissors, kitchen knives, planers, hammers!