59. The Man in the Cave
Beyond the front yard is a small two-storey loft for self-living, and the creek under the arch bridge divides the distance, and the further forward the water flows, the shallower it becomes, revealing round pebbles. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
A staircase leads up from the edge of the water, following the slippery moss, to the ground floor of the house.
Half of the wall is covered by creepers, and the windowsill can be faintly seen in the middle of the green shadow.
If you climb the railing of the entrance hall in advance and then get into the vines, with Xiaojing's current size, he can reach the window edge on the second floor and pull Ming Mo up.
Fortunately, Ming Mo is also a nimble person, and the two quickly set up by the window, and Xiao Jing unknowingly touched a small wire, making Ming Mo look down, and he sneakily picked up the lock.
Ming Mo originally wanted to complain a few words, but they were both smaller, squatting on the edge of the window with their necks bent, and long green branches hanging in front of them, as long as they didn't make too much movement, they would definitely not be discovered.
At this time, you can see the whole courtyard clearly, and from the front yard of the willow tree, not far from the studio, there is a circular patio in the middle of the studio, from this point of view, it looks like a strange pavilion.
The patio is paved with white stone slabs, with a statue standing on the left and several shelves containing books on the right.
There are more than a dozen crooked flower stands in the middle, and flowers and plants of different colors block the view at both ends.
A few people were slowly shuttling between the flower platforms, Ming Mo looked at them, secretly planning the route in his mind, it seemed that if he wanted to cross the entire patio, it seemed that he needed to go around several times across the vertical turn.
"Huh! Look at it...... The owner of this house is so strange that the road is so troublesome. ā
Koi didn't have time to talk to her, she was bored, and went on to find the way she came.
It turned out that there was a small pond not far from the arch bridge, with a diameter as long as a man's arm span.
The water was as still as a mirror, and even the clouds above her reflected soft shadows, but just when she noticed, there were trembling ripples, faster and faster, faster and faster, as if something was surging up.
Ming Mo brushed the green leaves in front of her with her fingers, only to see a huge blister suddenly burst in the pond, and then a person poked out.
He raised his head, let out a soft breath, and stabbed again.
"Oops! There are people in the water! ā
She grabbed Koi and shouted.
Koi was so frightened that he almost fell, and he looked back nervously, "Why are you so loud...... Where is there anybody? ā
Ming Mo simply poked his head out from among the vines, the small pond had regained its calm, and a few bright little red dots could be seen flashing in the distance, it should be a fish.
It was impossible to be mistaken, she grabbed the edge of the window and immediately stood up, her eyes searched back and forth throughout the courtyard, and she refused to let go of Fox Alley in the distance.
"Come down!" Koi tugged at her back in a panic, "Don't move!" I got you......"
At this time, he couldn't take care of anything, that person, Ming Mo kept recalling in his mind, he came out of the water with half of his head, opened his mouth and gasped, and quickly sank again.
He blinked only once, but one eye was closed, and the other was stunned, and the half of the face where the eye was located had a very strange pattern.
Ming Mo shook her head in disbelief, and hurriedly returned to Xiaojing along the gap in the vines, intent on telling him to understand, but squinted and saw a bearded man who had crossed the arched bridge and was about to reach the bottom of this window.
"Someone is really coming, hurry up!" Ming Mo turned around and slapped Xiaojing's arm frantically, "You see he's coming over soon, open the window quickly!" ā
"Are you crazy? Don't hit me! ā
Xiaojing grabbed it with both hands and firmly fixed Mingmo in the palm of his hand.
Ming Mo was so frightened by his sudden strength that he instantly stopped talking, and Xiao Jing opened his mouth and was about to say something, when a cough suddenly sounded under the windowsill.
"Don't move!"
Ming Mo squeezed out two words from between his teeth, Xiao Jing swallowed a mouthful of saliva in his throat, slowly let go of Ming Mo's wrist, and his eyes slid down the vine little by little.
The two of them kept this posture and did not dare to come out.
I saw the bearded man standing in front of the door, burying his head, raising his hand and rubbing his nose, and loudly clearing out a mouthful of spit on the ground, and then skillfully pushing the door and walking in.
The door slammed shut.
"Don't be stunned, open the window and go in!"
"Don't make noise, I'll try ......"
"Hurry up, hurry up! Can you do it? ā
"Don't be noisy, don't bother......"
"Wait, don't move!" Ming Mo interrupted him again in a hurry, leaned his face against the window and looked inside, "Oh no! He's coming! ā
"Go down! Go down first! ā
Koi screamed and was about to jump down.
Ming Mo decisively pulled him back, and the fierceness in his eyes frightened Xiao Jing so much that he didn't dare to move for an instant.
"What the hell are you going to do...... What now? ā
He crouched on the edge of the window and asked pitifully.
Ming Mo put his finger to his mouth to signal him to silence, and the two of them tensed their whole bodies to pay attention to the movement inside.
I saw that the man went up to the second floor and did not turn to this side, but stopped a few steps away, and knocked on a door on a raised corner.
"I guessed right," Ming Mo pointed to the man and hurriedly explained, "Only the door on this floor has its back to us...... It should be Mr. Lai's room. ā
Sure enough, it didn't take long for Mr. Li to open the door.
After he saw the person in front of him clearly, the whole person inadvertently trembled slightly, and the two pipa bones were about to burst out of his shirt with the movements of the rickets.
He didn't let the man in, but asked weakly, "Is that the thing again?" ā
"That's right!"
The man rubbed his nose, and Ming Mo heard his voice and glanced at Koi quickly, and Koi nodded understandingly, this was the one who spoke on the arched bridge before.
He then smacked his lips twice: "Mr. Li, don't wait for a reply from above, I have already sent everyone away, and the rest of the money does not need to be settled, it should be regarded as the compensation I should pay." ā
"Reparations? You're really kidding, I can't be the master, besides, if you offend those sons like this, you're not causing trouble for me. ā
"Haha...... Is it? He smirked exaggeratedly and took two steps back, "Trouble?" Don't blame me for not reminding you, my circle is wider than yours, and there are some things that no one thinks anyone knows, right? Which of the two of us got into trouble, do you think there will be more people out there? ā
Then he spat contemptuously, flicked his sleeves and turned away.
Mr. Li watched the man go downstairs, and before he could retreat into his room, another man's voice sounded quickly behind him: "Sir! Don't...... Discovered? ā