It was nearly midnight, and there were no other guests in the café except me and the woman across from me. Although it is a 24-hour shop, the clerks have also gone to the back kitchen to squint.

I glanced down at my phone: "Let's hurry up, you ask first." "After drinking coffee, I still can't resist the sleepiness, after all, I haven't slept well for two nights, and only the hours I slept in Pan Zhen's car during the day were useless.

Xu Xiaoli nodded: "How did you discover the secret in 412?" ”

So I told her about someone peeping at me in the public bathroom of the dormitory building, and how I went to the women's dormitory to investigate.

She seemed to accept the answers I gave, and then she asked me questions, and after thinking about it for a long time, there were too many questions and I didn't know where to start.

"Uh~~ Why did you jump off the building?" I don't know why I asked such a stupid question, but I felt it, so I just didn't have a clue.

This question seemed to surprise her, and after a long time, she actually laughed out loud: "Zhang Yao, I didn't expect you to be so smart." ”

I just looked at her dumbfoundedly, completely unaware of what she meant.

"If I answer this question seriously, then I will tell you everything I know, and if I perfunctory you, you will definitely be able to hear it."

I raised my hand and motioned for her to stop: "Say it quickly, don't grind." "Whether she fooled me or not, I would pick up useful listens, and I wouldn't hear any reason she made up.

She saw that I couldn't bear it anymore, so she stopped talking nonsense.

"This thing starts with the newly built women's dormitory Block E, which was not built a few years ago, and just belonged to the early stage of construction, because it is a high-rise building, so the foundation should be very deep. My dad was a small contractor at the construction site, and when he was surveying the land again, he stumbled upon an ancient jade slab, which was too large to be removed. Several people who knew about this matter tacitly did not report it to their superiors, so they made a secret passage in private when they were building this building. When the building was almost completed, my dad and a few brothers were going to go down again to have a look..." Speaking of this, Xu Xiaoli's expression became very sad.

I didn't interject, feeling like what she was going to say later wasn't something pleasant.

"They disappeared and never came back, and then I was admitted to this university to investigate the whole thing, and I found the secret passage according to the map that my father left behind at that time. When I went in, I found that the jade slab had been broken and was empty, and I could continue to walk inside. But I didn't go far when I stumbled upon something. She looked at my right hand, "Just release the soul keeper beast you were carrying." After that, it kept chasing me, and we fought for so long that I fell from the stairs in a trance. ”

I sat down in my chair as I listened to what had happened, I was hoping for an answer, but now I found that I had more questions.

"Well," I was about to ask, but she interrupted, "Now it's time for me to ask you." ”

I sat up straight and continued to listen to her questions.

"How did you get this Devil's Eye Stone?"

It seems that she has also begun to learn from me, and to boil down the problem to the last point, and the previous things must be explained clearly.

So I told her about the long red thread in my hand and the fact that I was later rescued by Lianying.

"It turns out that there are such masters." She muttered to herself.

"Okay, now it's me, why do you know about the Soul Keeper?" I have a little idea about this question, maybe this Xu Xiaoli is not an ordinary person, maybe she is very similar to Pan Zhen and understands some special functions, otherwise how would she insist on these two ghost eye stones.

"I should answer this question reasonably, but this is related to my family's secret, so I can only briefly tell you that my father is not a simple contractor, he and his brothers are only picking specific projects to do, even if they don't make money, do you understand?"

I thought about it and analyzed the meaning of her words: "Could it be... ”

She nodded knowingly and continued: "So I have been instilled with a lot of things in this area since I was a child, and as for the Soul Keeper Beast, I am also the first time I have encountered it, and this supernatural thing is only briefly introduced in my grandfather's notes. ”

"Then you can ask me again."

Xu Xiaoli stood up with a smile: "No need, I don't have anything to ask about you here, the next thing is to find the white-haired person you said, it seems that only he can help me with the rest of the matter." ”

She walked out of the table, and I saw that her movement seemed to be a little inconvenient, and she was actually a little lame in one leg.

At this time, I remembered what Qiming said, Xu Xiaoli's leg was broken after falling from the building, I didn't expect it to be so serious when I saw it with my own eyes. I think it's enough for a daughter to be able to do this for her father, even if his dad can come back alive now and see his daughter like this, I don't know what he would think.

Although we are the same age, our circumstances are so different, and I don't know whether to admire her or sympathize with her in the bottom of my heart.

I followed her out of the café with my coat: "Xu Xiaoli! Wait for me! ”

She wasn't walking fast, but when she turned around and saw me approaching, she stopped: "Do you have anything to do with me?" ”

I was standing in front of her at this moment, and her eyes were so strong and determined. "Didn't you think about giving up?"

She smiled slightly, and then turned to a serious expression: "If it were your family, would you give up?" One of her questions made me stand for a long time, and I never thought about such a question, because I felt that such a thing could not happen to me.

"Since you've decided to do it, can I help you?"

"Why?" She looked at me with a puzzled expression.

"I can't say it either, I just think I should do it, maybe it's a kind of fate that we can get to know each other."

"Thank you! But I can't involve you, you probably don't understand the danger of this kind of thing, and if you put my life into it because of me, how can I explain it to your family. ”

Listening to her say this, I realized the naivety of my own thinking, I had an urge to stand up for others, but I didn't have a heart for my parents.

I looked up at the sky, looked at the stars, and sighed deeply: "What you say makes a lot of sense, but I think it's quite boring to live with cringe all the time in this life, since you have decided to help you think about what to do so much." ”

She was also touched by my determined expression, and by the moonlight I seemed to see the glint in her eyes.

"Well, since you say so, then let's plan the next thing together, but I'm going to say that if you encounter danger, you must listen to me."

I nodded and agreed to her suggestion, after all, I was a layman, and I originally wanted to help not end up pulling people back.

"So where are we going now? I can't go back to the dormitory so late. "At this time of the day, just standing outside for a while, my body was already frozen.

She looked around: "Why don't we go to the Internet café, then there may be a place, let's deal with it for a night first and tomorrow morning." ”

I have the heart to find a fast hotel, not because of anything else, but I am too tired, if I sit in the Internet café for a night, it is estimated that tomorrow will not be able to slow back.

"I have a suggestion, don't get angry first, I really don't mean anything else." I hesitated a little but continued: "Let's go to the express hotel in front for one night, I'll pay for it, of course, to open two rooms, do you think it's okay?" Because I'm so sleepy. ”

"Let's go, then don't stand here." She didn't even hesitate and pulled me in the direction of the hotel.

When I went to the bar, she only asked for a standard room, although it was two beds, but I met her for the first time, which was a bit too presumptuous.

"I said let's open two rooms, after all, it's not good for men and women to live together."

She looked at me with a frown: "It's already the second half of the night, what are you doing with so many rooms?" The money isn't blowing in the wind, can't you save some for your parents! ”

I have no reason to refuse what she said righteously, and since she believes in me so much, then I can't live up to her affection.

When we got to the room, we didn't say anything, and we slept in our own beds.

I didn't expect this sleep to be so peaceful, it seems that I didn't even dream.