Chapter 17: The Guardian of Longing
"Alright, come on, let's do it quickly. Lu Ran had no problem with this inexplicable woman, so he decided to give it a try.
I can't do it if I don't try.
"The first question, why didn't I come to kill you, this question should be said the other way around, why did I kill you, I never knew you, I have no grudges, why should I kill you?"
"They, all who come up this staircase, are going to kill me. The woman in black said in an affirmative tone.
"They, who are you talking about? There is always a purpose in killing you. Lu Ran continued.
"It's the men in black who have knives, and as soon as they see me, they take out knives and face me, and they run to me and try to snatch my keys. ”
"You mean those men in black?key, what key?" Lu Ran suddenly felt that there was a lot of information, and hurriedly asked.
"It's the keys I have around my waist. The woman in black pointed to her waist.
Lu Ran looked at her waist, and sure enough, there was a bunch of keys hanging there, densely packed, and it was impossible to count how many there were in total.
He quickly looked left and right again.
That's right, there will be no mistake, these keys must correspond to the countless rooms behind this.
Lu Ran found such important information all of a sudden, and his mind was very excited.
The man in black is snatching her keys, why is the man in black robbing her keys?
"Remember, his father is on the third floor......" Lu Ran's ears seemed to sound the old man's advice in the forest again.
"On this floor, the room, the keys. That's right!"
Thinking of the answer, Lu Ran clapped his palms excitedly.
"What are you happy about?" the woman asked.
"Happy, I already have the answer, why did they kill you, and why didn't I kill you.
They want to kill you because they want to take your key, and they must think that you are their enemy, and although I also want the key, I do not consider you my enemy. ”
Lu Ran's thoughts were like a spring, and his logic was clear, and he continued: "This answers the second question, why are you standing here, because you are the one who is guarding this set of keys from being snatched, you are protecting this set of keys, or you are protecting the person in the room!"
"The people in the room?" The woman heard Lu Ran's words, as if she had heard a shocking secret that she had never known.
Her expression was a little dazed, and a little painful.
She began to talk to herself, "Who is in the room, why am I here to protect him, who am I......"
She seems to be very troubled by this problem, which is also the question that Lu Ran is most puzzled about now.
The first two questions have been solved, so who is she in the third question?
This question is like someone holding the ultimate philosophical question "Who am I, where do I come from, and where am I going", which gives Lu Ran a headache.
It is a fantasy for a person who doesn't even know who she is to ask a complete stranger to answer her.
"I don't know her. ”
Lu Ran wondered.
"Although I don't know her, this face is not completely unfamiliar, have I seen it anywhere?"
Lu Ran tried hard to search in his mind for the women he had seen, the friends he knew, and the acquaintances, none of whom looked alike.
Although this woman does not have outstanding appearance, if she changes into an ordinary woman's clothes, she should also have a dignified and virtuous temperament.
Ordinary women's clothes......
"I seem to have seen her in the clothes of a normal woman, in ...... In, in a painting!"
"I remembered!" Lu Ran remembered where he had seen her and shouted loudly.
"What did you say?" the woman was shouted by Lu Ran, and regained her composure.
"I've seen you, in that painting. ”
It turned out that Lu Ran was still hiding everywhere on the first floor before, and when he wanted to save his life, he saw many oil paintings there, some painting landscapes and some painting people.
Among them, there is a painting of a woman holding a bouquet of flowers in her hand, set against the background of a field.
"You're the woman!"
Seeing that Lu Ran recognized herself, the woman was also very excited, and he asked Lu Ran: "Then who am I?"
"You're the one in the painting. ”
"Why am I the person in the painting, who painted it?"
Lu Ran was asked again.
"...... you" Lu Ran looked at her, but he was thinking about other things in his mind, and he re-sorted out what happened on the first and second floors.
Why doesn't this third floor look as tense and dangerous as before?
In addition to being dragged by this woman to ask questions, the most difficult part is this question.
On the first floor, I found out Huang Rui's sense of security, and on the second floor, I helped him regain his respect, so, this third floor......
Is there something he desires?
Woman......
If the pictures on those oil paintings are all what Huang Rui thinks is beautiful and longs for, then this woman.
Lu Ran's thoughts stopped here.
"I think I know who you are. ”
"Who am I?"
"Have you really forgotten why you're waiting here?
Have you forgotten who you're trying to protect?"
"Is that someone who is important to me?" the woman frowned and pondered her memory.
"Yes. You've been standing outside the house for so long that you've forgotten who he is. But he's still waiting for you, you know, you still have love for him in your heart, so you won't watch him be killed, you have to protect him. ”
"I will protect him, I will protect him, and no one can hurt him. I don't know if the woman remembered the whole thing, she said and shed big tears.
"I shouldn't have left him, I should have been with him......" The woman covered her face with her hands and hid her face and cried bitterly.
"You should go back to him. Lu Ran persuaded.
"It's too late, I've forgotten the house number," the woman continued to sob.
This is terrible, Lu Ran secretly said that if he didn't find Huang Rui's father's specific room, he would still be in danger, and there were only a few minutes left in the time limit given by the old man.
Lu Ran has already helped her find the identity of this woman, that is, Huang Rui's mother.
Although he has left, in Huang Rui's heart, he is still a good mother who cares about himself and his father.
And her appearance also stayed in Huang Rui's childhood memories.
"Think about it again. ”
The woman frowned, looking very laborious, and shook her head again and again.
Lu Ran didn't dare to urge, and waited next to her.
Suddenly, he felt the ground shake again, and he staggered, and the ground shook slightly.
"Another earthquake?" Lu Ran took out his mobile phone, and he glanced at it.
19:58。
"Two minutes?!" Lu Ran's forehead oozed sweat, he was in a hurry, there were only two minutes left. He didn't care much, he grabbed her arm with both hands and shook it back and forth twice in front of the woman, "You really can't remember?"
The woman still didn't answer.
Lu Ran pulled out the bunch of keys hanging from her waist and began to try them on the door behind her.